Seventh Scientific Seminar
Veyrier du Lac, France, 18–19 October 2002
This seminar was held jointly with the Epiet Alumni
Network (EAN)
Session 1: Outbreaks
Session 2: Access to care and medicine in developing countries
Session 3: Posters
Session 4: Research
Session 5
Session 6: Bioterrorism
Session 7: Outbreaks
For presentations please contact the EPIET Programme Office who will contact the author.
Friday, 18 October 2002
9.00 Introduction & Welcome Mike Catchpole, Chairman of the EPIET Steering CommitteeRichard Pebody, President of the EPIET Alumni Network
Marc Girard, Director, Fondation Mérieux
9.10 Session 1: Outbreaks Moderator: Johan Giesecke
| A
Norwalk-like virus waterborne community outbreak in a Swedish village during
holiday season, February-March 2002 Juan Carrique-Mas |
| An
outbreak of gastroenteritis in holiday-makers travelling to Andorra,
January-February 2002 Biagio Pedalino |
| Accidental
contamination of drinking-water with untreated water associated with
gastroenteritis, The Netherlands, 2001 Teresa Fernandes |
| Coccidioidomycosis
associated with the World Championship Model Aeroplane Flying– Kern County,
California, 2001 Katrin Leitmeyer |
11.00 Break
11.30 Session 2 : Access to care and medicine in developing countries (Round table discussion) Moderator: Deborah Hall Guest Speakers: Bernard Pécoul, Robert Sebbag
12.15 Lunch
14.15 Session 3: Posters
| Tuberculosis
in a village of Extremadura, Spain, 1994-2001: A continuing outbreak Katharina Alpers |
| Outbreak
of Salmonella Gold Coast infections linked to consumption of fermented sausage,
Germany 2001 Viviane Bremer |
| A
Norwalk-like virus outbreak associated with eating semolina pudding with berry
sauce in a Swedish school, October 2001 Juan Carrique-Mas |
| Outbreak of trichinellosis
related to the ingestion of pork slaughtered on a farm, Spain, 2001 Manuel Cortés-Blanco |
| Outbreak
of Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 6 infections in a nursing home and hospital, The
Netherlands, October 2001 Teresa Fernandes |
| Water-borne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in France, 2001 Anne Gallay |
| Protective efficacy of mumps
vaccine strains during a school outbreak in the North of Portugal, 2001 Guilherme Goncalves |
| Outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis among Scandinavian
tourists returning from Greece: the need for communication in the detection of
outbreaks in tourist destinations Philippe Guérin |
| Underutilisation
of 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine among adults targeted for vaccination in
Germany, 2001 Katrin Leitmeyer |
| An Assessment of Injection Safety in Zambia, 2001 Anne Mazick |
| The
European Serology-Epidemiology Network 2 (ESEN2) Anthony Nardone |
| The management and control of hospital acquired
infection: Audit of Acute National Health Service Trusts in Northern Ireland,
2001 Biagio Pedalino |
| Basic surveillance network: Developing European
Surveillance of Infections Diseases, Sweden 2002 Pasi Penttinen |
| A nursing home outbreak of unknown aetiology with
transmission to the surronding community; Sweden 2001 Pasi Penttinen |
| Analysis of German surveillance data in 2001 regarding
hepatitis A – Accidental detection of a relevant software Doris Radun |
| A
case-control study on acute respiratory infections in
general practitioner patients – The Netherlands, October
2000–September 2003. Results of the first study year Winette van den Brandhof |
| The
cost of managing cases of hepatitis A in an outpatient setting relative to
hospital setting in Kazakhstan Tatyana Surdina |
| An outbreak of salmonellosis
serotype Infantis linked to the consumption of Brie cheese, France, 2001 Fernando Simon-Soria |
| Susceptibility to measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox in
child care workers, Germany Phillip Zucs |
15.50 Session 4: Research Moderator: Andrea Ammon
| Evaluation of Yellow Fever vaccination coverage by lot quality assurance
sampling, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 2002 Viviane Bremer |
| The use of Bortman’s method for detecting aberrations in
public health in the case of a mumps outbreak in the North of Portugal, 2001 Luís Castro |
| Sensitivity of meningococcal disease surveillance in The
Netherlands 1993-1998: a capture-recapture analysis. Sabine de Greeff |
| Time
series analysis of heroin abuse indexes: a contribution to the evaluation of the
French harm reduction policy Stéphane Le Vu |
| Evaluation of the new
Salmonellosis surveillance system in Germany, 2001-2002 Johannes Schnitzler |
19.30 Dinner at “Les Pensières”
Saturday 19 October 2002
9.00 Session 5 Moderator: Gilles Brücker| Hepatitis B: Epidemiology and control through immunisation
in England and Wales Susan Hahné |
| Evaluation of the syphilis
surveillance system in Germany under the new infectious disease law, 2001-2002. Gabrielle Breugelmans |
| Development of an epidemic threshold
alert algorithm for human cryptosporidiosis, England and Wales, 2002 Jean-François Aguilera |
| Participative evaluation of West Nile Virus
(WNV)
surveillance system, Carmague, France, 2001 Alberto Perra |
| Emergency epidemiologic investigation of a cluter of
myopericarditis in Greece, April 2002. John Pediaditis |
| Madagascar
influenza outbreak investigation, 2002 Isabelle Bonmarin |
11.30 Session 6 : Bioterrorism Moderator: Hanna Nohynek Douglas Hamilton, Director, EIS programme, CDC, Atlanta
Involvement of EIS officers after 11 September 2001 Frank van Loock
EC taskforce against bioterrorism Discussion
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Session 7 : Outbreaks Moderator: Angus Nicoll
| Modes of transmission in
an outbreak of Hepatitis C virus infections in an haemodialysis unit, France
2001 Fernando Simon-Soria |
| Outbreak due to Salmonella Enteritidis in a therapeutic
community of drug addicts in Spain; 2001-2002 Camila Méndez |
| Waterborne
outbreak of gastroenteritis in a Spanish village, April-May 2002 Katharina Alpers |
| Anise infusion poisoning outbreak, Spain, 2001 Alicia Barrasa |
| Sesame-seed paste caused an international outbreak due to
Salmonella TyphimuriumDT104 – the investigation in Norway, 2001 Philippe Guérin |
| Outbreak of aseptic peritonitis among peritoneal dialysis
patients associated with the use of icodextrin, January-April 2002, Extremadura,
Spain Ulrike Dürr |
Richard Pebody, President of the EPIET Alumni Network