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Programme of IJSTD-IX

Saturday, March 17, 2007 - Page 1/2

Invited Contributions II
Moderators: J. Gray, R. Oehme
9:00 – 9:25 T. Kröber, P. Guerin (Neuchâtel, Switzerland):
Understanding tick host finding and feeding
9:25 – 9:50 G.A. Schaub (Bochum, Germany):
Haematophagous arthropods
9:50 – 10:00 Discussion
 
Epidemiology and Ecology of Tick-borne Diseases III - Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, Rickettsiosis and Others (continued)
10:00 – 10:10 R. Wölfel, S. Essbauer, G. Dobler (Munich, Germany):
Tick-borne rickettsioses in Germany: A modern diagnostic concept for a neglected disease
10:10 -10:20 R. Welc-Faleciak, A. Bajer, J.M. Behnke, E. Sinski (Warsaw, Poland, Nottingham, UK):
Effects of host diversity and the community composition of hard ticks (Ixodidae) on Babesia microti infection
10:20 – 10:30 K. Häselbarth, A. Tenter, G. Krieger, K.-P. Hunfeld (Singen, Hannover, Frankfurt/M., Germany):
First case of human babesiosis in Germany: Clinical presentation and molecular characterisation of the pathogen
10:30 – 10:40 A. Hildebrandt, K.-P. Hunfeld, M. Baier, S. Sachse, T. Lorenzen, M. Kiehntopf, H.-J. Fricke, E. Straube (Jena, Frankfurt/M., Germany):
First confirmed autochthonous case of human Babesia microti infection in Europe
10:40 – 10:50 Discussion
10:50 – 11:20 Coffee Break
 
Pathogenesis, Prophylaxis, and Vaccination I
Moderators: R. Wallich, B. Stevenson
11:20 – 11:35 A.E. Cooley, C.A. Brisette, L.H. Burns, S.P. Rilex, M.E. Woodman, T. Bykowski, H. Choy, D. Haake, B. Stevenson (Lexington, KY, Los Angeles, CA, USA):
Functional characterization of Lyme borreliosis spirochete Erp proteins
11:35 – 11:50 T. Bykowski, M.E. Woodman, A.E. Cooley, L.H. Burns, M.J. Troese, R. Wallich, P. Kraiczy, B. Stevenson (Lexington, KY, USA, Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Germany):
Borrelia burgdorferi complement regulator-acquiring surface proteins: Expression during the Lyme disease spirochete’s mammal-tick infection cycle
11:50 – 12:05 P. Kraiczy, J. Schreiber, Ch. Skerka, V. Brade, R. Wallich, P.F. Zipfel (Frankfurt, Jena, Heidelberg, Germany):
Assessment of the regions within complement regulator-acquiring surface protein (CRASP)-2 of Borrelia burgdorferi required for interaction with host immune regulators FHL-1 and factor H
12:05 – 12:15 Discussion
Pathogenesis, Prophylaxis, and Vaccination II
Moderators: W. Dorn, W.R. Zückert
12:15 – 12:30 E. Rossmann, P. Herzberger, M. Kirschfink, M.M. Simon, Ch. Skerka, P. Zipfel, P. Kraiczy, R. Wallich (Heidelberg, Frankfurt,M., Freiburg, Jena, Germany):
Dual roles of BhCRASP-1, an outer membrane protein of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii, in binding factor H and plasminogen
12:30 – 12:45 E. Rossmann, V. Kitiratschky, H. Hofmann, M.M. Simon, P. Kraiczy, R. Wallich (Heidelberg, Munich, Freiburg, Frankfurt, Germany):
BbCRASP-1 of the Lyme disease spirochetes is expressed in humans and induces antibodies to non-denatured structural determinants
12:45 – 12:55 C. Siegel, P. Herzberger, Ch. Skerka, V. Brade, V. Fingerle, U. Schulte-Spechtel, P.F. Zipfel, R. Wallich, B. Wilske, P. Kraiczy (Frankfurt, Jena, Munich, Heidelberg, Germany):
Borrelia spielmanii resist complement-mediated killing by binding of immune regulators factor H and FHL-1
12:55 – 13:10 R.J. Schulze, O. Kumru, Ch. R. Whetsine, Kristina M. Ollison, W.R. Zückert (Kansas City, USA):
Surface localization determinants of Borrelia burgdorferi tick midgut adhesin OspA
13:10 – 13:20 Discussion
13:20 – 14:30 Lunch Break and Poster Session
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