International Symposium on Tick-Borne Pathogens and Disease ITPD 2017

September 24 – 26, 2017, Austria Trend Parkhotel Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria – under the auspices of the Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (ÖGHMP). Organisers ÖGHMP and ESGBOR/ESCMID Study Group for Lyme Borreliosis.

    It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the first International Symposium on Tick-Borne Pathogens and Disease (ITPD 2017) in Vienna.

ITPD is a new activity between ESGBOR and ÖGHMP.
The programme will cover a broad spectrum of topics including ticks, tick-borne pathogens, ecology, epidemiology, laboratory and clinical aspects of the diseases, prevention, and therapy.

Delegates will be offered key note lectures, oral and poster presentations. The poster presentations are particularly meant for extensive exchange of knowledge and discussion among the respective research groups.

For the organisers
Gerold Stanek and Ram Dessau

Topics

• Tick research
• Tick-borne pathogens
• Taxonomy of the Borrelia
• Tick-borne diseases: anaplasmosis, bartonellosis, borrelioses, relapsing fever, rickettsioses, tick-borne meningoencephalitis, others
• Pathogenicity, Immunology
• Diagnosis and management of tick-borne diseases
• Laboratory support in diagnosis of tick-borne diseases: relevance & interpretation of results
• Prevention

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