ICONZ - Africa

Multidisciplinary integrated approaches to understand evasion of host immune responses by pathogens

iona — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:10:50 +0000

Abstracts are invited for both oral and poster presentaion – Deadline 10th March 2012

Euroscicon Small Conference – Multidisciplinary integrated approaches to understand evasion of host immune responses by pathogens

- Wednesday, 20 June 2012, 09:00 – 17:00

- The Penridge Suite, 470 Bowes Road, London

Infectious disease are still a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Successful treatment and prevention are still hampered by insufficient understanding of the subtle interactions that govern the infectious processes. Evasion of the natural or vaccine-induced immune response is often at the basis of the onset and escalation of disease and can also result in the persistence of the pathogen in chronic infections. This EuroSciCon meeting will be a premier forum for the presentation of cutting-edge research on key mechanisms used by different classes of pathogens to evade host innate and acquired immunity. The meeting will contribute to steer the course of future research into more rational measures to prevent disease in humans and animals.

Meeting Chair: Dr Pietro Mastroeni, Cambridge University, UK

This event has CPD accreditation and will have a discussion panel session.

On registration you will be able to submit your questions to the panel that will be asked by the chair on the day of the event

For more information see the meeting website: http://www.regonline.co.uk/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1039791

Bursaries are now available for Euroscicon events. Please see website for details: http://eurosciconnews.com/archives/2323

Bursary applications for Euroscicon events

iona — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:52:06 +0000

Euroscicon have now introduced a bursary scheme. Euroscion run courses and small conferences with focused expert talks and discussion panels, aimed at communicating science research between academia and industry.

Visit their website to find out more about events they are running this year http://lifescienceevents.com/event-listing

To apply for the bursary, please complete the application form which can be found at: http://eurosciconnews.com/archives/2323

3rd MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN CYSTICERCOSIS WORKING GROUP

iona — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:07:29 +0000

16-17 APRIL 2012, ANTWERP, BELGIUM

Organised by the Unit of Veterinary Helminthology of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Topics ( More details can be downloaded here)

Session 1: Diagnostic tools

Session 2: Clinical aspects

Session 3: Epidemiology and Socio-economic aspects

Presentation of COST Action Preliminary Proposal requirements

Introduction of EUCWG Website proposal: discussion

The way forward: an open discussion between all research groups on:

Research priorities: “which gaps to fill first?”
Future collaborations
How to join forces of the European research groups to raise new funding for future research on T. solium?

Call for abstracts

The call for abstracts is now OPEN! Abstracts will be considered for oral presentation in one of the above-mentioned sessions (“Diagnostic tools”, “Clinical aspects”, “Epidemiology and Socio-economic aspects”). Abstracts of maximum 250 words may be submitted by email to Ms. N. Ehlinger: nehlinger@itg.be. (Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 16 March 2012).

Registration:

Please download and fill in the registration form and return it to Ms. N. Ehlinger: nehlinger@itg.be, before the 16^th of March 2012.

There is no registration fee.

One Health and the neglected zoonoses: turning rhetoric into reality, Okello et al (2011)

iona — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:44:13 +0000

Review

Anna L. Okello, E. Paul J. Gibbs, Alain Vandersmissen, Susan C. Welburn,

Veterinary Record 2011;169:281-285

doi:10.1136/vr.d5378

Successful adoption of a One Health approach could have far-reaching impacts on poverty alleviation, health and food security, particularly in developing countries through integrated control of neglected zoonoses. However, the practical implementation of this approach presents many challenges. Anna Okello and colleagues argue that, for effective implementation, lessons learned and ‘best practice’ must be led by national and regional stakeholders drawn from a variety of disciplines. High-profile regional and international institutions can play an important role in the global governance of One Health by encouraging individual countries to devise appropriate tailored solutions that are workable within their own context.

This article can be found online by clicking here

Herd prevalence of bovine brucellosis and analysis of risk factors in cattle in urban and peri-urban areas of the Kampala economic zone, Uganda, Makita et al (2011)

iona — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:26:33 +0000

Research Article

Kohei Makita, Eric M Fèvre, Charles Waiswa, Mark C Eisler, Michael Thrusfield and Susan C Welburn

BMC Veterinary Research 2011, 7:60

doi:10.1186/1746-6148-7-60

Human brucellosis has been found to be prevalent in the urban areas of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. A cross-sectional study was designed to generate precise information on the prevalence of brucellosis in cattle and risk factors for the disease in its urban and peri-urban dairy farming systems.

The main conclusion from this study was that vaccination should be targeted at commercial large-scale farms with free-grazing farming to control brucellosis in cattle in and around Kampala city.

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/7/60

Human and porcine Taenia solium infections in Mozambique: identifying research priorities, Afonso et al (2011)

iona — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:22:52 +0000

Review Article

S. M. S. Afonso, Y. Vaz, L. Neves, A. Pondja, G. Dias, A. L. Willingham III,
M. Vilhena, P. C. Duarte, C. C. Jost and E. V. Noormahomed

Animal Health Research Reviews 12(1); 123–129
ISSN 1466-2523 doi:10.1017/S1466252311000077

This paper critically reviews and summarizes the available scientific and lay literature, and ongoing studies on human and porcine cysticercosis in Mozambique to identify knowledge gaps and direct immediate and long-term research efforts.

The electronic version of this article can be found online by clicking here:

Prof Welburn appointed as Assistant Principal Global Health

iona — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:04:06 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Susan Welburn, our ICONZ Coordinator, and Director of The Global Health Academy, on her appointment as Assistant Principal Global Health at the University of Edinburgh.

Immunology in the Tropics Course

iona — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:43:26 +0000

Makerere University/UVRI (MUII) Research Training Programme is pleased to announce their upcoming Short Course – Immunology in the Tropics (March 5-16 2012)

Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda.

An intensive two week modular course designed for graduates and laboratory researchers.

The course offers up-to-date lectures, discussion of research papers, cutting edge research talks by international experts, talks on the latest technological developments and advances, as well as practical sessions covering Immunological techniques

For more information and to obtain an application form, please visit the website http://www.muii.org.ug/March2012.html

or email: mak-uvri.rtp@mrcuganda.org

Application deadline: 31st January, 2012

Please note that we are currently UNABLE to offer assistance in the form of competitive Scholarships for this course.Travel, accommodation and per diem expenses must be borne by the applicant.

Catalog of One Health Activities and Programs (USA)

iona — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:52:47 +0000

Please see http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/…

Provided by:
Will Hueston, DVM, PhD
Executive Director, Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership
Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine and Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN (USA)

Interagency Meeting on Planning the Prevention and Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (NZDs)

iona — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:48:15 +0000

The report from the Interagency Meeting on Planning the Prevention and Control of Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (NZDs) held in Geneva, 5–6 July 2011 is now available online from the WHO website:

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241502931_eng.pdf… Read more