Tenth EPIET Scientific Seminar
Mahon, Menorca, Spain, 13–15 October 2005
We would like to thank the following groups and institutions
for their contribution: Consell Insular de Menorca, Ajuntament de Maó, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Instituto de Salud Carlos III,
EPIET Alumni Network, Canadian Field Epidemiology Program, TEPHINET, Sanofi Pasteur.
Session 1 - Outbreaks I
Session 2 - Emerging Infections
Session 3 - Gastro-intestinal infections
Session 4 - Vaccine preventable diseases
Session 5 - Surveillance and methods
Round table I- Noroviruses: the European and US experiences
Session 6 - Posters
Session 7 - Outbreaks II
Session 8 - International health
Round table II- Plotting the course for Public Health Agencies: the European and Canadian experiences
Session 9 - HIV / Hepatitis
For presentations please contact the EPIET Programme Office who will contact the author.
Thursday 13 October 2005
09:00 Introduction & Welcome Mike Catchpole, Chairman, EPIET Steering CommitteeJosep Borras Atienza, Tinent de batlle i regidor de serveis a les persones, Ajuntament de Maó
Joana Maria Barceló Martí, Presidenta, Consell Insular de Menorca
09:15 Session 1 - Outbreaks I Moderator: P. Aavitsland, FHI, Norway
| Outbreaks of Norovirus
in Västra Götaland associated with recreational activities at
two lakes during August 2004 B. Sartorius |
| Outbreak
of E. coli O157 infection in the South West of the UK: risks
from streams crossing seaside beaches C. Ihekweazu |
| A
large waterborne outbreak of giardiasis in Bergen, Norway,
September 2004-January 2005 B. Schimmer |
| A
cluster of norovirus outbreaks with multiple strains,
attributable to the same raspberry vehicle G. Falkenhorst |
| Largest
recorded outbreak of Salmonella Hadar in Spain, associated with
the consumption of pre-cooked vacuum packed roasted chicken A. Lenglet |
11:30 Session 2 - Emerging Infections
Moderator: M. White, CDC, US
14:00 Session 3 - Gastro-intestinal infections Moderator: L. Busani, IZSVE/ISS, Italy
| Shiga Toxin-Producing
Escherichia Coli Infection In Germany - Different Risk Factors
For Different Ages D. Werber |
| Good
food hygiene practices are needed to prevent sporadic
campylobacteriosis M. Di Renzi |
| Enterobacter
sakazakii infections and colonisations in neonates associated
with the use of powdered infant formula - France, 2004 B. Coignard |
| Nationwide
outbreak of S. Bovismorbificans associated with raw pork
products in Germany, 2004/05 A. Jansen |
16:05 Session 4 - Vaccine preventable diseases Moderator: N. Crowcroft, HPA, UK
| Rotavirus
Disease in Uzbekistan: Cost-Effectiveness of a New Vaccine E. Isakbaeva |
| Two
parallel outbreaks? Health-care and school-associated measles in
Switzerland. Geneva, November 2004 - March 2005 C. Aramburu |
| Effectiveness
of post-exposure prophylactic use of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) in
controlling influenza outbreaks in Residential Care Homes for
the Elderly (RCHE) M. Edmond |
| The
role of young children in influenza epidemics, analysis of
surveillance data from England & Wales and the Netherlands,
1981-2003 M. Ward |
| Investigation
of a hepatitis A outbreak in a primary school by sequential
saliva testing, Auvergne (France), December 2004 P. Santa-Olalla Peralta |
18:00 EPIET Alumni Network (EAN) General Assembly
19:00 Free time
20:30 Dinner at "Club Marítimo"
Friday 14 October 2005
08:50 Session 5 - Surveillance and methods Moderator: R. Pebody, HPA, UK| Surveillance of Vaccine
Preventable Diseases - A New Approach in Germany A. Schrauder |
| Excess
mortality in Spain during the winter 2004-2005 A. Lenglet |
| Disentangling
the impact of influenza and extreme temperature on mortality in
England, 1997 - 2003 B. Gergonne |
| Early
warning of Influenza epidemics by monitoring sales of cough and
cold medicines G. Spiteri |
| The
G8 2005 Syndromic Surveillance System N. Meyer. |
11:00 Round Table I
Noroviruses: the European and US experiences
Guest speaker: M-A. Widdowson, CDC, US
B. Lopman, Imperial College, UK
J. Gray, HPA, UK Moderator: M. Koopmans, RIVM, the Netherlands
12:30 Introduction to poster session
Speaker: S. Hahné, RIVM, the Netherlands
12:40 Lunch at "Club Marítimo"
14:00 Session 6 - Posters
15:40 Coffee break
16:00 Session 7 - Outbreaks (II) Moderator: M. Green, ICDC, Israel
| Back-calculation of a
Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Pas-de-Calais, France, 2003 P. Bernillon |
| Double
trouble: A nosocomial outbreak of Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) associated with staff carriage and
environmental contamination, Canada 2004 A. Saunders |
| Case
to case comparison in a food born outbreak investigation at a
Kebab restaurant in North London , 2005 I. Giraudon |
| Tuberculosis
transmission in a supermarket, The Netherlands, 2004 K. Borgen |
| First
documented outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections associated
with beef donair, Calgary Health Region, Canada 2004 A. Currie |
| Identifying
the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Norway: a
population-based retrospective cohort study P. Aavitsland |
Saturday 15 October 2005
08:50 Session 8 - International healthModerator: P. Spiegel, UNHCR, Switzerland
| Routine chlorination
insufficient to prevent a major outbreak of hepatitis E among
displaced persons in Darfur, Sudan 2004 Dana Paquette |
| The
post-tsunami active disease surveillance, Thailand, 2004-2005 P. Thammawijaya. |
| Factors
associated with the suspected cutaneous anthrax outbreak in
human population in a tribal block of Koraput district, Orissa
(India), 2002 M. Pradhan |
| Severe
malnutrition and high mortality among children in the Republic
of Niger Tran Minh N.N. |
| Methodological
errors in nutrition and mortality surveys in humanitarian
emergencies P. Spiegel |
11:00Roundtable II: Plotting the course for Public Health Agencies: the European and Canadian experiences
Guest speaker:
J. Giesecke, ECDC, Sweden
D. Butler-Jones, Public Health Agency of Canada Moderator: M. Catchpole, HPA, UK
12:30 Lunch at "Club Marítimo"
14:00 Session 9 - HIV / Hepatitis Moderator: M. van de Laar, RIVM, the Netherlands
| Estimating HIV incidence
using the IgG capture BED-enzyme immunoassay: Results from three
populations of women in Thailand, 2004 D. Areechokchai |
| Prevalence
of hepatitis C virus infection in France, 2003-2004 C. Meffre |
| Prevalence
of hepatitis B virus infection in France, 2003-2004 D. Antona |
| Evaluation
of saliva test for screening babies for high risk of Hepatitis B K. Jalava |
| Hepatitis
A outbreak among MSM linked to casual sex and gay saunas in
Copenhagen, Denmark A. Mazick |
Dionisio José Herrera Guibert, Chairman, TEPHINET
15:50 Free time
21:00 Concert - Orquestra Simfónica de les Illes Balears
Poster Guide
Outbreaks in Europe| An Easter outbreak of
Salmonella Typhimurium DT 104A in Rome associated with
traditional pork salami A. Cawthorne |
| Nationwide outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Agona
infections in infants in France, linked to infant milk formula E. Espié |
| Outbreak
of suspected Pontiac fever among participants at a conference in
Sweden, January - February, 2005 I. Velicko |
| Food
intoxication by Clostridium Perfringens at a school in Madrid,
Spain N. Arranz |
| A
large outbreak of campylobacter jejuni associated with
chicken-salad eaten by employees of three companies in
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2005 A. Mazick |
| Outbreak of cryptosporidiosis at a day-care center in Zaragoza,
Spain P. Rodrigo |
| Indigenous
typhoid fever in Leipzig, Germany M. Muehlen |
| Outbreak
of a new Shigella sonnei phagetype among the homosexual
community in London, UK O. Morgan |
| Rising incidence of
Giardiasis in Germany, 2001-2005 K. Alpers |
| WHO Global Salm-Surv - Worldwide Salmonella Surveillance J. Musto |
| Haemolytic
uraemic syndrome surveillance to monitor trends in infection
with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in France Tran Minh N.N |
| The
use of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) surveillance data to
estimate VTEC infection risk factors G. Scavia |
| The development of a
dynamic transmission model to assess the potential impact of a
prophylactic quadrivalent HPV vaccine G. Breugelmans |
| Immunization Coverage Cluster Survey - The Democratic Republic
of Timor Leste, December 2004 J. Jonsson |
| The
changing epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease
in Ireland M. Fitzgerald |
| Hepatitis
A vaccination policy and practice for travellers to Egypt in
eight European countries, 2004 M. Ward |
| Assessment
of Injection Safety in Health Care Facilities in Egypt W. Abou Rabie |
| Low vaccination coverage and poor knowledge about Hepatitis B in
Germany Karl Schenkel |
| Did
the gradual introduction of inactivated polio vaccine result in
elimination of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis P. Stefanoff |
| Assessment of
information presented on internet by the Surveillance Networks
of the European Union A. Lenglet |
| Accuracy of excess deaths detection and measurement based on
weekly deaths registrations in England B. Gergonne |
| Surveillance
of respiratory infectious diseases in The Netherlands F. Dijkstra |
| Are
rapid antigen tests useful for virological influenza
surveillance in Germany? A. Guignard |
| Attitudes
to influenza vaccination among hospital staff: a case control
study in Vichy and Montluçon hospitals, France, 2004 G. Gourvellec |
| 'Did
you have flu last week?' A telephone survey to estimate a point
prevalence of influenza in the Swedish population L. Payne |
| Computerised
Infectious Disease Reporting (CIDR), Challenges and
opportunities of a new reporting system for infectious disease
in Ireland, 2005 S. Cotter |
| Routine
screening of healthy population for Salmonella infections as a
useful tool for evaluation of the epidemiological surveillance
system P. Stefanoff |
| Seroprevalence
of toxoplasmosis from national exhaustive samples of pregnant
women V. Goulet |
| Risk
factors for sporadic and community acquired Legionnaires'
disease, metropolitan France, 2002-04 P. Santa-Olalla Peralta |
| Hospital
admissions due to cases of malaria in Spain between 1999-2002 M. Anegon |
| Application of
Geographical Information System in Spatial and Temporal
Surveillance of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Bintulu
Province, Sarawak, Malaysia, 1997-2004 O. Huck |
| Role of Travel Agencies in Preventing Travel Related Health
Risks Z. Simonovic |
| Malaria
eradication in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia: Analysis of
surveillance data, 1993 - 2003 K. Chong |
| An
outbreak of acute myocarditis in Uva Province, Sri Lanka M. Di Renzi |
| Descriptive
epidemiology of an outbreak of acute febrile illness with
fatalities in Western Kenya, May-July 2004 A. Manya |
| Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among pre-school children
in a rural area of Mizoram, North-East India, 2004 P. Lalmalsawma |
| Prevalence
of Leishmania donovani infection in rural Nepal K. Schenkel |
| Risk
Factors for Brucellosis in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt, 2000 E. Hassan |
| Diarrhea mortality in children less than 5
years old in Thailand, 2001- 2004 Y. Laosiritawaorn |
| Erroneous
Etiology Revised: Further Investigation of Presumed
Trichinellosis Outbreak Leads to Detection of Likely Botulism
Outbreak R. Dejpichai |
| A
large, ongoing outbreak of Cholera in Gulu district, Uganda,
April-August 2005 L. Pastore Celentano |
| High
morbidity and mortality related to a measles outbreak in
Adamawa State, Nigeria B. Schimmer |
| Earlier HIV diagnoses
and treatment may prevent some of the AIDS related deaths
during the HAART era in UK B. Ciancio* |
| Nosocomial outbreak of acute hepatitis B virus infection (HBV)
among patients admitted to an hospital, in Southern Italy,
2004 L. Pastore Celentano |
| Laboratory
based data on tuberculosis and mycobacterioses - analysis of
five years span V. Prikazsky |
| Hepatitis
A surveillance in England - How many cases do we miss, and why
does it matter? N. Matin |
| Antenatal
HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis screening: experience of 5 years
of enhanced surveillance in London in 2000-2004 I. Giraudon |
| Breast cancer
screening programme evaluation in Belgium, 2001-2004 C. Lemos |
| Overweight and obesity prevalence among adolescent schoolboys
of Bhubaneswar, India. A cross sectional comparative study,
2003 M. Pradhan |
| Tobacco
use among 13-15 years adolescents in a rural area of Udham
Singh Nagar District, Uttaranchal, India, 2004-2005 P. Kuman Jain |
| Risk
of Low Birth Weight near Hazardous Waste Landfill Sites in
England O. Morgan |
| Tracking
Progress Towards the Sustainable Elimination of Iodine
Deficiency Disorders (IDD) in Thailand: Preliminary Results of
Cyclical IDD Surveillance, 2000-2003 S. Sinawat |
| Increased
antimicrobial resistance of gonococci in The Netherlands K. Borgen |
| Surveillance of Clostridium difficile in Northern Ireland G. Spiteri |
| National prevalence survey on nosocomial infections in Finnish
acute care hospitals, 2005 O. Lyytikäinen |
| EPIET Alumni Network (EAN) |
| TEPHINET |