Scientific Programme: Thursday, March 24, 2011


10:00–13:00 Registration, mounting of posters
12:00–13:00 Snack lunch available (Lobby)
13:00–13:20 Opening

Invited Contributions I


Moderators: A.G. Pletnev, T. Poponnikova
13:20–13:45 V 1 S. Vollmer, S. Castillo-Ramirez, E. Feil, G. Margos (Bath, UK):
Population biology of the Lyme borreliosis group of spirochaetes (In memory of Klaus Kurtenbach)
13:45–13:50 Discussion
13:50–14:15 V 2 A.G. Pletnev (Bethesda, Maryland, USA):
Pathogenesis of neurotropic flaviviruses and its control using modern approaches
14:15–14:20 Discussion

TBE / TBE Virus I

14:20–14:35 V 3 R. Kaiser (Pforzheim, Germany):
Poor prognosis of patients with myelitis as the leading manifestation of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) – a 10-year follow-up study in Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany)
14:35–14:45 V 4 T. Poponnikova, G. Galieva, V. Novikov, T. Bedareva, L. Galaganova (Kemerovo, Russia):
Progressive course of neurological disorders after acute tick-borne encephalitis: a case description
14:45–14:55 V 5 A. Loew-Baselli, E.M. Poellabauer, S. Fritsch, K. Benamara, N. Schrodt, Th. Dvorak, R. Konior, H.J. Ehrlich, P.N. Barrett (Vienna, Austria; Cracow, Poland):
Seropersistence of tick-borne encephalitis antibodies in adults
14:55–15:05 Discussion
15:05–15:15 V 6 S.I. Belikov, G.N. Leonova, I.G. Kondratov, E.V. Romanova, E.V. Pavlenko (Irkutsk, Vladivostok, Russia):
Analysis of complete genomes of the Far-Eastern subtype of tick-borne encephalitis virus with different pathogenicity for man
15:15–15:25 Discussion
15:25–16:15 Coffee break

Sinnecker-Kunz Award presentations


Moderators: J. Gray, L. Gern
16:15–16:25 V 9 A. Jääskeläinen, E. Tonteri, T. Sironen, L. Pakarinen, A. Vaheri, O. Vapalahti (Helsinki, Finland; Solna, Sweden):
European subtype tick-borne encephalitis virus in Ixodes persulcatus and Myodes glareolus in Finnish Lapland
16:25–16:35 V 10 L.I. Kozlovskaya, D.I. Osolodkin, A.S. Shevtsova, L.Iu. Romanova, V.A. Palyulin, G.G. Karganova (Moscow, Russia):
Molecular basis of several tick-borne encephalitis virus virion properties
16:35–16:45 V 11 O.A. Belova, L.A. Burenkova, Y.V. Rogova, G.G. Karganova (Moscow, Russia):
Possible causes of the different tick-borne encephalitis virus prevalences in ixodid ticks, removed from humans and field-collected ticks
16:45–16:55 V 12 B.L. Jutras, A. Bowman, A. Verma, A. Chenail, B. Stevenson (Lexington, KY, USA):
BpuR, a novel protein of Borrelia burgdorferi that binds erp Operator 1 DNA
16:55–17:05 V 13 E.R. Godfrey, S.E. Randolph (Oxford, United Kingdom):
Economic downturn results in tick-borne disease upsurge
17:05–17:25 Discussion

Ticks and Others I


Moderators: S.E. Randolph, K.P. Hunfeld
17:25–17:40 V 14 O. Kahl, J. Heger, D. Kämmer, H. Dautel (Berlin, Giessen, Germany):
Considerations on the seasonality of the life cycle of Ixodes ricinus in central Europe
17:40–17:50 V 15 T. Talaska, B. Horitz, M. Faulde (Brieskow-Finkenheerd, Koblenz, Germany):
Haemaphysalis concinna: urbanization tendency and geographical spread in eastern Brandenburg (Germany)
17:50–18:00 Discussion
18:00–18:10 V 16 A. Paziewska, P.D. Harris, L. Zwolińska, A. Bajer, T. Szewczyk, E. Siński (Oslo, Norway; Warsaw, Poland):
Tick challenge in populations of woodland rodents
18:10–18:20 V 17 H. Dautel, A. Gharbi, S. Kleier (Berlin, Germany):
Survival of Ixodes ricinus under water and after laundering in an automatic washer
18:20–18:30 V 18 A. Karger, B. Bettin, B. Hoffmann, C. Klaus (Greifswald-Insel Riems, Jena, Germany):
Species identification of ticks by whole-animal mass spectrometry
18:30–18:40 Discussion
18:40–21:00 Book-signing with Robert Voss, the symposium poster artist
approx. 19:30 Welcome reception: Hotel Leonardo, Bistro
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