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IJSTD-X: Scientific Programme: Friday, March 20, 2009


08:00 - Registration
Invited Contributions II
Moderators: B. Stevenson, P. Kraiczy
08:45–09:10 V 17 R. Wallich (Heidelberg, Germany):
Immunomodulatory properties of tick salivary protein
09:10–09:35 V 18 B. Stevenson (Lexington, Kentucky, USA):
Infection-associated surface proteins of the Lyme disease spirochete
09:35–9:45 Discussion
Lyme Borreliosis I: Immunology and Others
9:45–10:00 V 19 C. Siegel, T. Beckhaus, C. Skerka, M. Karas, V. Brade, B. Stevenson, R. Wallich, P.F. Zipfel, P. Kraiczy (Frankfurt/M., Jena, Heidelberg, Germany; Lexington, Kentucky, USA):
Role of BbCRASP-3 (ErpP) and BbCRASP-5 (ErpA) for preventing Borrelia burgdorferi from complement-mediated lysis
10:00–10:10 V 20 C.A. Brissette, T. Bykowski, A.A. Bownan, A.E. Cooley, B. Stevenson (Lexington, Kentucky, USA):
The Borrelia burgdorferi RevA antigen binds host fibronectin
10:10–10:20 V 21 D. Barthel, K. Haupt, T. Hallström, P. Kraiczy, R. Wallich, B. Stevenson, C. Skerka, P.F. Zipfel (Jena, Frankfurt/M., Heidelberg, Germany; Lexington, Kentucky, USA):
The human plasma protein plasminogen binds complement regulator-acquiring surface protein 1 of Borrelia burgdorferi
10:20–10:30 V 22 C.R. Whetstine, J.G. Slusser, W.R. Zückert (Kansas City, Kansas, USA):
Tight and titratable single-plasmid-encoded protein expression in Borrelia burgdorferi using a hybrid ospA-tetO promoter
10:30–10:40 Discussion
10:40–11:10 Coffee break
Tick-borne Pathogens: Phylogeography and Other Topics
Moderators: K. Kurtenbach, E.I. Korenberg
11:10–11:25 V 23 E.I. Korenberg, V.Yu. Litvin (Moscow, Russia):
Natural focality of diseases: To the 70th anniversary of the theory
11:25–11:40 V 24 K. Kurtenbach, S.A. Vollmer, E. Loza Reyes, M. Donaghy, A. Bormane, M. Drancourt, L. Vitorino, M. Collares-Pereira, G. Margos (Bath, Oxford, UK; Riga, Latvia; Marseille, France; Lisbon, Portugal):
Phylogeographic structuring and evolutionary relationships of Lyme borreliosis spirochaetes in Europe as revealed by multi-locus sequence analysis (MLSA)
11:40–11:50 V 25 G. Margos, S.A. Vollmer, M. Cornet, M. Garnier, V. Fingerle, A. Bormane, L. Vitorino, M. Collares-Pereira, M. Drancourt, K. Kurtenbach (Bath, UK; Paris, Marseille, France; Oberschleißheim, Germany; Riga, Latvia; Lisbon, Portugal):
Raising OspA serotype 4 strains of Borrelia garinii to species status by multi-locus sequence analysis (MLSA)
11:50–12:00 V 26 J. Franke, F. Meier, A. Moldenhauer, E. Straube, W. Dorn, A. Hildebrandt (Jena, Germany):
Borrelia, Anaplasma, Rickettsia, and Babesia species in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from birds on a conservation island in the Baltic Sea
12:00–12:10 Discussion
Lyme Borreliosis II: Diagnostics, Clinics, Therapy
Moderators: B. Wilske, V. Fingerle
12:10–12:20 V 27 V. Fingerle, S. Mathes, C. Klier, U. Schulte-Spechtel, J. Gao, A. Sing, C. Hizo-Teufel (Munich, Germany):
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.-specific intrathecal IgM antibody production by a chemiluminescent Borrelia IgM assay
12:20–12:30 V 28 P. Wilhelmsson, L. Fryland, P. Lindblom, J. Nordgren, S. Börjesson, L. Lindvall, M.-A. Åkesson, C. Ekerfelt , J. Ernerud, P. Forsberg, P.-E. Lindgren (Linköping, Sweden):
Detection, quantification, and genotyping of tick-borne Borrelia – development of a LUXTM (Light Upon eXtension) real-time PCR assay
12:30–12:40 V 29 C.U. Schulte-Spechtel, V. Fingerle, J. Gao, B. Wilske (Munich, Germany):
Evaluation of recombinant antigens for serological diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis
12:40–12:50 Discussion
12:50–13:05 V 30 F. Strle, V. Maraspin, S. Lotrič-Furlan, E. Ružić-Sabljić, J. Cimperman, T. Jurca, K. Ogrinc, M. Logar, T. Rojko, A. Pikelj-Pečnik, D. Cerar (Ljubljana, Slovenia):
Characteristics of erythema migrans in elderly population
13:05–13:15 V 31 K. Morgenstern, G. Baljer, D.E. Norris, P. Kraiczy, C. Hanssen-Hübner, K.-P. Hunfeld (Frankfurt/M., Giessen, Germany; Baltimore, MD, USA):
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Borrelia spielmanii against common antibiotics used for the treatment of Lyme disease
13:15–13:20 Discussion
13:20–14:20 Lunch and book-signing with Robert Voss, the symposium poster artist
14:20-16:00 Poster Discussion Session ‘Ecology’
Moderators: J.I. Tsao, G. Stanek
14:20–14:40 Presentations 1–4:
Movila et al. (P41): Genetic polymorphism of Ixodes ricinus ticks, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies, and tick host diversity in Lyme disease foci in the Republic of Moldova
Hildebrandt et al. (P103), presented by K. Pauliks: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies and coinfection with Babesia spp. in Ixodes ricinus ticks in a region of middle Germany (Thuringia)
Wodecka and Michalik (P48): Relapsing fever-like borreliae in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from vegetation and wild cervids in north-western Poland
Tsao et al. (P47): Investigating the maintenance of Borrelia miyamotoi in nature: a modeling approach
Discussion
14:40–15:00 Presentations 5–8:
Monazahian et al. (P94): Investigation of Ixodes ricinus ticks in relation to tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus, Borrelia and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a region in Lower Saxony, Germany
Hildebrandt et al. (P101), presented by A. Krämer: Detection of Rickettsia spp. and coinfection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes ricinus ticks in a region of middle Germany (Thuringia)
Capligina et al. (P72): First detection of Rickettsia helvetica in Latvian Ixodes ticks
Tonetti et al. (P96), candidate for the Sinnecker-Kunz award: Ticks and tick-borne pathogens from wildlife in the Free State province, South Africa
Discussion
15:00–15:20 Presentations 9–12:
Stuen et al. (P77): Red deer (Cervus elaphus) as a reservoir host for Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Dautel et al. (P09): Efficacy testing of Ixodes ricinus tick repellents: Comparison of two different test protocols using human volunteers and a standard laboratory method
Schott et al. (P26): ospC heterogeneity in a clonal Borrelia burgdorferi isolate facilitates binding of the immunomodulatory tick salivary protein Salp15 and Ixri28 during natural transmission
Discussion
15:20–15:40 Presentations 13–16:
Leschnik et al. (P13): Prevention of tick infestation or of tick-borne disease? Comparison of two prevention strategies for tick infestation in dogs
Maioli et al. (P21), presented by D. Pistone: Ticks infesting hunted wild animals in the Emilia Romagna region (Italy): Preliminary results
Gao et al. (P22): Immunological control of the Chinese tick Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis
Holy et al. (P91): Risk modelling of a climate warming-induced malaria outbreak in Germany as part of the information system FISKA
Discussion
15:40–16:00 Presentations 17–20:
Winter et al. (P82), presented by F. v. Loewenich: Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) of Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains
Tkachev et al. (P58): Genotyping of tick-borne encephalitis virus strains isolated by bioassay method from Ixodes persulcatus ticks in West Siberia, 1981–2001
Kjelland et al. (P44): Prevalence and genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus in southern Norway
Pfeffer et al. (P60): Comparison of full genome sequences of tick-borne encephalitis viruses isolated from ticks and rodents in Slovakia
Discussion
14:20–16:00 Poster Session ‘Medicine and Other Topics’
16:00–16:20 Coffee break
Tick-borne Encephalitis I: Immunology, Diagnostics, Clinics
Moderators: T. Poponnikova, J. Süss
16.20–16:30 V 32 E. Romanova, S. Belikov, I. Kondratov, E. Pavlenko, G. Leonova (Irkutsk, Vladivostok, Russia): (candidate for the Sinnecker-Kunz award)
Whole genome analysis of tick-borne encephalitis viruses isolated from people with different clinical outcomes
16:30–16:40 V 33 T. Poponnikova, G. Galieva, F. Hufert, G. Dobler, G. Vavin, T.Yu. Bedareva (Kemerovo, Russia; Göttingen, Munich, Germany):
Protein NS-100 concentration in children with different clinical forms of tick-borne infections
16:40–16:45 Discussion
16:45–16:55 V 34 B. Dörrbecker, M. Spiegel, G. Dobler, M. Pfeffer, F.T. Hufert (Göttingen, Munich, Germany):
Interaction of tick-borne encephalitis virus strains with plasmacytoid dendritic cells and T cells
16.55–17:05 V 35 B. Hoffmann, C. Klaus, M. Beer, J. Süss (Greifswald-Insel Riems, Jena, Germany):
Development of a novel duplex real-time RT-PCR assay for the reliable detection of tick borne encephalitis virus (TBEV)
17:05–17:10 Discussion
17:45 Departure to the Jubilee Symposium Dinner (by bus)