Eighth EPIET Scientific Seminar
Veyrier du Lac, France, 16–18 October 2003
This seminar was held jointly with the European branch of TEPHINET
Session 1 - Outbreaks I
Session 2 - Research and Surveillance
Session 3 - Emerging Infections
Session 4 - Round Table
Session 5 - Posters
Session 6 - Outbreaks II
Session 7 - Outbreaks III
Session 8 - Round Table II
Session 9 - Vaccine Preventable Diseases
For presentations please contact the EPIET Programme Office who will contact the author.
Thursday 16 October 2003
14:00 Introduction & Welcome Mike Catchpole, Chairman, EPIET Steering CommitteeDionisio Herrera, Chairman, TEPHINET
Richard Pebody, President, EPIET Alumni Network
Marc Girard, Director, Fondation Mérieux
14:10 Session 1 - Outbreaks I Moderator: Mike Catchpole
| An
outbreak of hepatitis A in Holstebro, Ringkøbing County, Denmark. Andrea Gervelmeyer |
| Q
fever outbreak, Chamonix valley, France, 2002. Anne-Claire de Benoist |
| Investigation of concomitant outbreaks of gastroenteritis
in Söderhamn, Sweden, December 2002-January 2003. Stephen Martin |
| An outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infections from grated carrots. Katri Jalava |
| Influenza associated excess mortality in Germany, 1991 –
2001 Phillip Zucs |
| Surveillance and molecular epidemiology of Hepatitis A
in England from 2002. Julia Granerod |
| National prevalence surveys of nosocomial infections and
use of antibiotics in long-term care facilities in Norway, 2002. Hanne Eriksen |
| Early warning – beyond algorithms. Johannes Schnitzler |
| Public health crisis in Southern Iraq, April-May
2003:Lessons learned on communicable disease surveillance and control. Marta Valenciano |
Friday 17 October 2003
9:00 Session 3 - Emerging infections Moderator: Johan Giesecke| Human to human
transmission of avian influenza H7N7, The Netherlands, 2003 Mirna Du Ry Van Beest Holle |
| Outbreak of a Cowpox-like
virus among New World monkeys in Germany. Susanne Broll |
| Serologic
screening of health care workers after contact with a SARS Patient, Germany
2003. Miriam Wiese-Posselt |
| International cohort study of transmission and exposure
risks to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome at a Hong Kong hotel. Valérie Delpech |
| Natural history and household transmission of severe
acute respiratory syndrome associated with a novel coronavirus, United States,
2003. Elmira Isakbaeva |
11:10 Session 4: Round Table I:
SARS in Hong Kong and Canada
Guest speaker: Thomas Tsang, Department of Health, Hong Kong, Jeannette Macey, Health Canada Ottawa Moderator: Deborah Hall
12:30 Introduction to the poster session
Susan Hahné
12:40 Lunch
14.00 Session 5: Posters
| Gastro-enteritis outbreak in a ”Nordic” medical
care centre in Gran Canaria, Spain. Hanne Eriksen |
| Knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) survey
regarding antibiotic use and the threat of antimicrobial resistance among beef
and dairy cattle veterinarians in Italy, 2002. Luca Busani |
| SARS
transmission on commercial aircrafts, the German experience. Gabrielle Breugelmans |
| Outbreak
of Salmonellosis DT104 after consumption of raw beef, Israel. Michael Gdalevich |
| Survival after hip fracture - the impact of
operative delay. Michael Gdalevich |
| The
introduction of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in France, March
2003. Isabelle Bonmarin |
| Outbreak of campylobacteriosis linked to consumption
of chicken, Trondheim, Norway, summer 2002. Line Vold |
| Waterborne outbreak of gastro-enteritis due to
Norovirus infection in a religious summer camp in Norway, 2002. Line Vold |
| Factors
affecting likelihood of Campylobacter isolation from stool sample. Johanna Takkinen |
| Injection
safety assessment in Bulgaria, 2002. Ville Voynova |
| HIV as a result of high-risk behavior in
incarcerated facilities. Giedrius Likatavicius |
| Risk
of adverse events according to HIV status, a cohort study following the yellow
fever mass vaccination campaign in Conakry, Guinea 2002. Julia Fitzner |
| New
surveillance challenges due to mass tourism – an evaluation of the
communicable disease surveillance system of Andorra. Ulrike Dürr |
| Prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (MTCT) of HIV - experiences in Kenya,
Tanzania and Uganda. Sybille Rehmet |
| Impact
of Meningococcal C immunisation in the South Eastern Health Board. Bernadette O'Connor |
| Influenza
Surveillance in South Eastern Health Board 2001-2003. Bernadette O'Connor |
| The challenges of a case control study of an increase
in cryptosporidiosis in a town in the South Eastern Health Board, Ireland. Marrita Mahon |
| An estimation of the magnitude and duration
of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy epizooty in Spain. Martínez Salvador Amparo |
| Waterborne
outbreak among Spanish tourist visiting Dominican Republic, August 2002. Adela Páez Jiménez |
| Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
in the United Kingdom, March-June 2003. Valérie Delpech |
| The
UK’s Public Health response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Sarah Anderson |
| Towards
harmonization of the two surveillance systems for foodborne diseases in Northern
Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. A Comparison made in 2002. Konstantinos Ntanis |
| Developing a new global surveillance system for Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS) in the post-outbreak period, World Health Organization (WHO). Konstantinos Ntanis |
| Evaluation
of the Hepatitis C surveillance system in France 2000 – 2002. Fernando Simon Soria |
| A
computer demonstration of web-based surveillance – Influenza in Sweden
2003-2004. Pasi Penttinen |
| Association between weekly influenza-diagnoses
and invasive pneumococcal disease in Sweden, 1994-2002. Pasi Penttinen |
| Tuberculosis:
an ongoing challenge? Trudy Fitzgerald |
| The
impact of meningococcal group C conjugate vaccine in Scotland. John Mooney |
| Tuberculosis in the South Eastern Health board,
Ireland, 1997-2002. PatriciaPrendiville |
| VTEC
O157 in the South East of Ireland: 1996-2002. Marrita Mahon |
| European
surveillance scheme for travel associated Legionnaires’ disease (EWGLINET):
Evaluation of the cluster definition. Benidorm (Spain), 1999-2002. Carmen Varela |
| Hepatitis
C outbreak in a gynecological oncology unit in Granada, Spain. Camila Mendez |
| Difficulties
in investigating airline transmission of infections worldwide. The example of
SARS, 2003 Dolors Carnicer-Pont |
| First
African epidemic of W135 meningococcal disease Burkina Faso 2002 Egil Bjørløw |
| An
investigation of an outbreak of an unexplained skin disorder in a prison clinic,
the Netherlands 2002 Gabrielle Breugelmans |
| Large
outbreak of Haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with a rare strain of Shiga
toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H- in southern Germany, October to
December 2002. Katharina Alpers |
| Outbreak due to Campylobacter jejuni in a school of
the community of Madrid, Spain. Pilar Soler Crespo |
| Norovirus
gastroenteritis and oysters, France, December 2002. Aoife Doyle |
| National
outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 14b, England and Wales, 2002 Anne-Claire de Benoist |
20:00 Dinner and dancing at “Les Pensières”
Saturday 18 October 2003
9:00 Session 7: Outbreaks III Moderator: Denise Werker| An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium DT 193a R-Type
AsuTTm in south west region, England, 2003. Delia Boccia |
| A large nationwide point-source outbreak of Q fever
Germany, May 2003. Klaudia Porten |
| Pseudo-outbreak
of Salmonellosis in a district of France, September-November 2002. Fernando Simon Soria |
| A
waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis among workers of an aerospace factory,
Trollhättan, Sweden, September 2002. Pasi Penttinen |
| Investigation and control of a large Norovirus outbreak in
a hotel resort, Germany, June-August 2002. Doris Radun |
Excess mortality from heat wave in EU
Guest speakers: Carol Rubin, CDC Atlanta,
Martine Ledrans, INVS Paris
Moderator: Deborah Hall
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Session 9: Vaccine preventable diseases: Surveillance and control.
Moderator: Dionisio Herrera
| Field investigation of a measles outbreak in Italy 2003 Stefanos Fokas |
| Evaluation of yellow fever vaccination mass campaign,
Conakry-Coyah, Guinea, December 2002. Biagio Pedalino |
| Enhanced surveillance of measles in Bolzano, South Tyrol. Peter Kreidl |
| An outbreak of rubella among latino american immigrant
women, Madrid, Spain, December 2002 to March 2003. Cinthia Lemos |
| Enhanced meningococcal disease surveillance in 10 African countries in 2003. Alice Croisier |
16:00 End Cocktails