Past IMED Resources

IJID Supplement

Session Slides

Plenary Sessions

100th Anniversary of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic – Preventing and Stopping Epidemics in 2018

• “New interventions for Outbreak Response: Ebola in DRC”: Janet Diaz (Switzerland)
• “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Current Understanding”: Jaffar Al-Tawfiq (Saudi Arabia)
• “Rift Valley Fever in Kenya”: Peninah Munyua (Kenya)
• “Nipah Virus Outbreak 2018”: Jon Epstein (USA)
• “Listeriosis Monocytogenes in South Africa”: Juno Thomas (South Africa)
• “Recent Yellow Fever Epidemics in Brazil: Evolving Challenges”: Andre Siqueira (Brazil)
• “Plague in Madagascar”: Eric Bertherat (Switzerland)

Using Mobile Data and Global Mapping to Tackle the Next Outbreak Andy Tatem (UK)

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention – Improving Prevention, Detection, and Response to Infectious Disease Threats Across Africa Philip Onyebujoh (Zimbabwe)

Landscape Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Emerging Infectious Disease Christine Kreuder-Johnson (USA)

Parallel Sessions

Open Source Geospatial Data and Analysis Tools for Epidemic Surveillance and Response

• “Innovations and Challenges in the Use of Open-source Remote Sensing Data and Tools”: Victoria Gammino (USA)
• “The Use of Remote Sensing, Geostatistical and Machine Learning Methods in Neglected Tropical Diseases Surveillance—the Case of Podoconiosis and Lymphatic Filariasis”: Kebede Kassaye (UK)
• “Mapping Monkeypox Risk in the Congo Basin using Remote Sensing and Ecological Niche Models”: Yoshihori Nakazawa (USA)
• “Predicting Spatiotemporal Risk of Yellow Fever Using a Machine Learning Approcah”: RajReni Kaul (USA)

One Health – Emerging Threats Across Species Boundaries

• The persistent prevalence and evolution of cross-family recombinant coronavirus GCCDC1 among a bat population: a two-year follow-up: Joseph Obameso (Nigeria)
• A Mathematical Model of the Transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Dromedary Camels: Amy Dighe (UK)
• Ebola in Animals – Our Knowledge to Date: Assessing Human Exposure Risks: Gael Lamielle (USA)
• Ebola West Africa, 2014-16: An Analysis Of A Filovirus Outbreak: Adriano Duse (South Africa)
• The Detection of Diverse Coronaviruses, Including MERS-Related Coronaviruses, In South African Bat Populations And Their Associated Ecology in Neoromica capensis: Nadine Cronjé (South Africa)
• The Efficacy of Passive Surveillance For HPAI H5N1 In Nigeria: Practices That Affect Early Detection of Disease Outbreaks In Poultry: Agatha Ojimelukwe (Nigeria)
• Long-term Wildlife and Human Disease Surveillance in Northern Congo: A Model for the Detection of Ebola Virus Disease Epizootics: Eeva Kuisma (Congo)
• Review of brucellosis in Albania: disease frequency in humans and animals, and one health efforts to control the disease, 1925 to present Kujtim Mersini (Albania)
• Ten Outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever in Uganda 2016-2018: Epidemiological and Laboratory Findings: Luke Nyakarahuka (Uganda)
• The Discovery of A New Ebolavirus, Bombali Virus, Adds Further Support for Bats as Hosts of Ebolaviruses: Tracey Goldstein (USA)
• Serological evidence of exposure to filoviruses and henipaviruses in wildlife, Malaysia: Eric Laing (USA)
• Zoonoses In The Bolivian Amazon: Alarming Initial Results From an NGO-led One Health Initiative: Erika Alandia Robles (Bolivia)
• Hendra Virus in the Field – Risk Profiling and Management: Nina Kung (Australia)

Antimicrobial Resistance in the One Health Context

• “How Should LMICs Prioritize One Health Interventions to Control Antimicrobial Resistance?”: Marc Mendelson (South Africa)
• Identifying Food System Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance: A Planetary Health approach”: Jennifer Cole (UK)
• “One Health Approach to Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance”: Ghassan Matar (Lebanon)

Epidemic Forecasting Across Borders

• “Precision Epidemic Forecasting”: Antoine Flahault (Switzerland)
• “Mapping the Risk of International Infectious Disease Spread (MRIIDS)”: Sangeeta Bhatia (UK), Emily Cohn (USA), Anne Cori (UK), Mark Herringer (Netherlands), Britta Lassmann (USA), Pierre Nouvellet (UK)
• “Vector Surveillance – Shazam for Mosquitoes”: Haripriya Mukundarajan (USA)

Facing the Future of Endemic and Emerging Infectious Diseases: FAO Capacity Building and Innovation

• “Risk Modelling and Forecasting Tools for Enhanced Early Warning: “The Example of Rift Valley Fever”: Claudia Pittiglio (Italy)
• “Emergency Preparedness and FAO’s Support to Effective Response on Emerging Diseases”: Maria Romano (Italy)
• “Innovative Information Technologies to Improve Animal Diseases Reporting and Surveillance”: Fairouz Larfaoui (Italy)
• “The future of African Livestock: From Endemic Zoonoses to EIDs”: Ugo Pica-Ciamarra (Italy)

Hot Topics in Emerging Infectious Diseases

• One-Shot Immunization Using a Measles/Lassa Vaccine Fully Protects Cynomolgus Monkeys Against Lassa Fever: Sylvain Baize (France)
• Use of Pseudotyped Viruses for the Production of Reference Materials as part of Emerging Viral Outbreak Preparednes: Emma Bentley (UK)
• Global Flu View: A Platform to Connect Crowdsourced Disease Surveillance Around the World: Adam Crawley (USA)
• Novel platform (wEB) to study flu virus evolution and predict vaccine efficacy: Slobodan Paessler (USA)
• Comparison of Seasonal Influenza Trends: Timeliness Validation of State Outbreak Reports in Mexico 2007-2014: Hojoon Lee (USA)
• Comparison of characteristics of individuals hospitalised with acute and chronic respiratory illness testing influenza positive at two sites in South Africa, 2011-2016: Thulisa Mkhencele (South Africa)
• Full-genome Analysis of the Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza Viruses Isolated in Ukraine During 2009-2017 Years: Oksana Smutko (Ukraine)
• Global Origins of African Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5Nx Viruses And Intracontinental Spread: Alice Fusaro (Italy)
• Changing Epidemiology of Listeria Outbreaks and Recalls: A review of ProMED reports from 1996-2018: Angel Desai (USA)
• Hantavirus Puumala Genetic Variation In The Patients With HFRS In Tatarstan, Russia: Ekaterina E. Garanina (Russia)
• Incentives that Influence Low Income Filipinos with Tuberculosis Symptoms to Change Health-seeking Behaviour: a Randomized Controlled Trial: Siwon Lee (Philippines)
• Measles among Healthcare Workers during the Ongoing 2017-2018 Epidemic in Greece: Helena Maltezou (Greece)
• Significant range expansion of Lloviu rirus in Europe: Re-emergence in 2016, Hungary: Gábor Kemenesi (Hungary)

Advanced Diagnostics for Emerging Threats

• “Clinical Challenges Associated with Emerging Infections”: Eskild Petersen (Oman)
• “Etiology Discovery Approaches”: Marion Koopmans (The Netherlands)
• “Next Generation Sequencing for One Health”: Natacha Couto (Portugal)
• “Preparedness of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory for Emerging Infections”: Jacob Moran-Gilad (Israel)

Vector-borne Disease in Humans and Animals

• Investigation Of Serological Cross-Reactivity Within The Alphavirus Genus Using IFA Biochip Mosaics: Erik Lattwein (Germany)
• Flavivirus serocomplex cross-reactive immunity is protective by activating heterologous memory CD4 T cell: Ashley St. John (Singapore)
• Evaluation of a candidate WHO International Standard for Zika antibody as a vaccine reference reagent: Sarah Kempster (United Kingdom)
• Endemicity of Zika Virus in Indonesia: Serological Evidence in Pediatric Population: R. Tedjo Sasmono (Indonesia)
• Development And Validation Of Microarray-Based Serological Assay For Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCF) And Determination of the Prevalence of CCFV In Guinea: Olga Stukulova (Russia)
• Baseline Data on The Bionomics of Aedes aegypti to Support Dengue Control Strategies in Burkina Faso: Athanase Badolo (Burkina Faso)
• Investigation of the Public Health Event in the Cafunfu Town, Lunda-Norte, December 2017: Dilunvuidi Pode (Angola)
• Severe Malaria in Canada 2014-2017: Report from the Canadian Malaria Network: Anne McCarthy (Canada)
• Gestational and Congenital Toxoplasmosis – The Clinicial Findings in a Teaching Hospital: Cinara Brandao de Mattos (Brazil)
• The Pathogenesis of Genetically Diverse Strains of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in the Cynomolgus Macaque Model: Chales Shoemaker (USA)
• The First Ever Nipah Virus Outbreak and the Best Possible Response by a Tiny State of India: Sukumaran Ariyari (India)
• Safety and Immunogenicity of a mRNA-based Chikungunya Vaccine in a Phase 1 Dose-Ranging Trial: Allison August (USA)
• Antibody Response in Borrelia miyamotoi Infection Studied by Protein Microarray: Olga Stukolova (Russia)

Epidemic Preparedness

• “Preventing Disease in the Time of War: Immunizations for Immigrants and Refugees, and Challenges During Humanitarian Emergencies”: Rana Hajjeh (Egypt)
• “Preventing the Next Pandemic”: Hilary Bower (UK)
• “Public Private Partnerships for Epidemic Preparedness”: Ryan Morhard (Switzerland)

Neglected Emerging Diseases

• “Snake Bites”: Rafael Ruiz de Castaneda (Switzerland)
• “Marine Toxins”: Carmen Louzao (Spain)
• “Mycobacterium bovis at the Animal Human Interface”: Elisabeth Erlacher-Vindel (France)

New Developments in Vaccines for Emerging Infectious Diseases

• Katrin Ramsauer (Austria)
• Chikwe Ihekweazu (Nigeria)
• Gerd Sutter (Germany)
• Sarah Gilbert (UK)
• Melanie Saville (UK)

Bugs and Drugs: Bacterial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance

• El Nino Southern Oscillation Predicts Vibriosis Risk in the United States: David Fisman (Canada)
• An Outbreak of Necrotising Enterocolitis of Unknown Aetiology in Newborns Admitted to a Neonatal Unit in Gauteng Province, March – June 2018: Andronica Shonhiwa (South Africa)
• Foodborne Outbreak Of An Acute Streptococcal Pharyngitis In A Portuguese Air Force Training Center: Joana Pita (Portugal)
• Silent antibiotic resistance genes: A threat to antimicrobial therapy: Deekshit VK (India)
• Sharing of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Among Animals, Humans, and the Environment In Nepal: A One Health Case Study: Cristin Young (USA)
• Molecular Surveillance for Drug Resistant Plasmodium falciparum Imported to Ontario: Andra Boggild (Canada)
• Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. Isolated from Poultry Drinking Water and Cloacal Swab Compared of Two Regions in Thailand: Phitsanu Tulayakul (Thailand)
• Staphylococcus aureus Nasal and Intestinal Carriage by Free-Ranging Red Deer: Evidence of Human, Domestic and Wild Animal Lineages: Camilla Luzzago (Italy)

Drivers of Emerging Infectious Diseases

• “Why Here?  Why Now? Travel, Trade and Disease Emergence”: David Fisman (Canada)
• “Emerging Infectious Diseases in a New Climate”: Rachel Lowe (UK)
• “Trends in Disease Emergence: Through the ProMED Lens: Leo Liu (USA)
• “Disease Emergence at the Animal/Human Interface”: Albert Osterhaus (Germany)

Outbreak Preparedness – Surveillance, Policy and Communication

• The Role of Entry-Screening Procedures in the Identification of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cluster Cases Amongst Patients Arriving in Europe from The Horn Of Africa, 2016-17: Günter Pfaff (Germany)
• Traveller Sentinels for Global Surveillance of Malaria Drug Resistance and Diagnostic Test Evasion: Christinane Prosser (Australia)
• The Potential for International Dissemination of Emerging Viral Pathogens: Jonathan Read (UK)
• Outbreak DIY: A new tool for public communication about infectious disease and One Health: Sabrina Sholts (USA)
• An Epidemic of Tariffs? Infectious Disease and Global Trade in an Era of Change: Ann Marie Kimball (USA)
• Risk Communication of Zoonotic Spillover: Initial Lessons from a Satellite-Based Forecasting Platform: Samuel Malloy (USA)
• Development of a Sustainable Diagnostic Toolbox for Serosurveillance of West African Infectious Diseases: Keersten Ricks (USA)
• A Role for EpiCore with International NGOs: the Experience of MSF Spain (2018): Jas Mantero (USA)
• How Culture Collections can Assist Responses to Emerging Diseases: Karen Buttigieg (UK)
• Improving Community Resilience through the Development of an Epidemic Risk and Priority Framework: Kemal Arslantas (Netherlands)
• Technology Volunteerism – the Red Cross’ Approach to Developing a Digital Community Based Surveillance Tool for Early Detection of Diseases with Epidemic Potential: Anine Kongelf (Norway)
• Surveillance of laboratory exposure to human pathogens and toxins in Canada: Florence Tanguay (Canada)
• Big Brother is Watching – Using Digital Disease Surveillance Tools for Near Real-Time Forecasting: Sangeeta Bhatia (UK)