5th European Meeting on Viral Zoonoses

September 26-29, 2009

St. Raphaël, France

Program

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Saturday 26 September

16.00 – 18.00

Registration – HOTEL BEST WESTERN LA MARINA

18.15 – 19.15

Welcome/Introduction - PALAIS DES CONGRES

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

Ron Fouchier (1)

Influenza; of birds, pigs, and man

19.30 – 21.30

Welcome Reception and Buffet Dinner: Hotel Best Western La Marina


Sunday 27 September

09.00 – 09.40

KEYNOTE TALK: Heikki Henttonen (2)
Ecology of Puumala hantavirus in Europe

SESSION 1: Ecology, Epidemiology and Evolution
CHAIR: Catherine Cêtre-Sossah and Åke Lundkvist

Time

Speaker

Title

09.40 – 10.00

R. Charrel (3)

Five new Phleboviruses (Bunyaviridae) discovered from sandflies in France, Algeria and Tunisia

10.00 – 10.20

R Hakze-van der Honing/W. H. M. van der Poel (4)

First discovery of HEV genotype 4 in swine in Europe by characterization of swine sequences, the Netherlands and Belgium

10.20 – 10.40

V. Tagliapietra (5)

Prevalence and transmission of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (family Arenaviridae, genus Arenavirus) in wild rodents in Northern Italy

10.40 – 11.10

Coffee and Posters

11.10 – 11.30

C. Snoeck (6)

Spread and evolution of avian influenza virus in poultry and wild-birds in Africa

11.30 – 11.50

J. Klingström (7)

 

Sex and age predict HFRS prevalence and mortality caused by Puumala virus in Sweden

11.50 – 12.10

A. Nitsche (8)

Epidemic Cowpoxvirus Infections in Germany

12.10 – 12.30

M. Domingo (9)

Sublethal Rift Valley Fever experimental infection in European breed sheep

12.30 – 14.15

Lunch break

 


Sunday 27 September

14.15 – 14.55

KEYNOTE TALK: Stuart Nichol (10)
Rats, bats, pigs and arenaviruses and filoviruses

SESSION 2: Ecology, Epidemiology and Evolution contd
CHAIR: Anthony Fooks and Olli Vapalahti

Time

Speaker

Title

14.55 – 15.15

M. Venter (11)

Horses as sentinel animals to detect zoonotic flavi and alphaviruses in Southern Africa

15.15 – 15.35

G. E. Olsson (12)

Mapping the Risk of Tick-borne encephalitis in Sweden

15.35 – 15.55

J. T. Paweska (13)

Risks for Rift Valley fever introduction into Europe and Mediterranean Basin

15.55 – 16.30

Coffee and Posters

16.30 – 16.50

K. Nemirov (14)

Puumala hantavirus and Myodes glareolus in northern Europe: no evidence of co-divergence between virus and host genetic lineages

16.50 – 17.10

R. Yanagihara (15)

Reconstructing hantavirus evolution from newly identified talpid-borne hantaviruses

17.10 –17.30

A. Tuiskunen (16)

In vitro characterization of human dengue virus isolates separate dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever virus isolates from dengue shock syndrome virus isolate.

17.30 –17.50

V. Joumier (17)

Mathematical modelling of infectious disease transmitted by an arthropod

17.50 – 19.30

POSTER and WINE session sponsored by Fort Dodge


Monday 28 September

09.00 – 09.40

KEYNOTE TALK: Gonzales Daniel-Dunia (18)
Viral interference with neuronal signaling and plasticity: the Bornavirus example

SESSION 3: Basic virology
CHAIR: Christina Spiropoulou and Noël Tordo

Time

Speaker

Title

09.40 – 10.00

N. Lopez-Montero (19)

Characterisation of the life-cycle of Bunyamwera virus in Aedes albopictus C6/36 cells

10.00 – 10.20

A. M. Szemiel (20)

Bunyavirus replication in mosquito cells

10.20 – 10.40

R. Siu (21)

Characterisation of the interaction of Semliki Forest virus with mosquito cells

10.40 – 11.10

Coffee and Posters

11.10 – 11.30

O. Pernet (22)

Real-time monitoring of Nipah virus entry by macropinocytosis using time-lapse photography

11.30 – 11.50

J. Hepojoki (23)

Interactions between hantavirus glycoproteins

11.50 – 12.10

X. Carnec (24)

Role of the Rift Valley fever virus glycoproteins for particle budding and assembly

12.10 – 12.30

Stephanie Bertram (25)

Role of type II transmembrane serine proteases in activation of human influenza A viruses

12.30 – 14.15

Cocktail Lunch


Monday 28 September

14.15 – 14.55

KEYNOTE TALK: Karl-Klaus Conzelmann (26)
Activation and control of host innate immunity by rabies virus

SESSION 4: Virus-Host Interactions
CHAIR: Branka Horvat and Richard Elliott

Time

Speaker

Title

14.55 - 15.15

M. Bouloy (27)

Non structural NSs protein of Rift Valley fever virus interacts with pericentromeric DNA sequences of the host cell inducing chromosome cohesion and segregation defects

15.15 – 15.35

C.F. Spiropoulou (28)

Hantavirus infection and activation of the vascular endothelium

15.35 – 15.55

I. Glowacka (29)

Differential downregulation of ACE2 by the spike proteins of SARS-coronavirus  and human coronavirus NL63

15.55 – 16.30

Coffee and Posters

16.30 – 16.50

V. A. Volchkova (30)

Reverse genetics of Nipah virus (NiV): NiV sequesters inactive STAT1 in the nucleus via a P gene-encoded mechanism

16.50 – 17.10

A. Rang (31)

Hantaviruses modulate innate immune responses via three independent mechanisms

17.10 – 17.30

A. A. Kraus (32)

PKR but not RNaseL controls the replication of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus

17.30 – 17.50

S. Delpeut (33)

Binding of Ebola virus VP35 to PKR and its activator PACT disrupts PKR activation

19.30

Bus departure for Gala Dinner

19.30 – 23.00

Gala Dinner


Tuesday 29 September

09.00 – 09.40

KEYNOTE TALK: Luis Enjuanes (34)
SARS-CoV virulence factors and vaccine development

SESSION 5: Immune Responses and Prevention
CHAIR: Michèle Bouloy and Alexander Plyusnin

Time

Speaker

Title

09.40 – 10.00

J. K. Fazakerley (35)

RNAi is an effective anti-viral response against arboviruses which can spread cell to cell in mosquito cell cultures

10.00 – 10.20

N. Johnson (36)

Chemokine activation during West Nile virus infection of the brain

10.20 – 10.40

M. Stoltz (37)

Production of interferon lambda in hantavirus infected cells

10.40 – 11.00

N. Tordo (38)

Peptides that mimick the amino terminal end of the rabies virus phosphoprotein have antiviral activity

11.00 – 11.30

Coffee and Posters

11.30 – 11.50

C. Mathieu (39)

Gene expression profile of Nipah virus infected human umbilical vein endothelial cells

11.50 – 12.10

S. Baize (40)

Early and Strong Immune Responses Are Associated with Control of Viral Replication and Recovery in Lassa-Virus-Infected Cynomolgus Monkeys

12.10 – 12.30

R. Flick (41)

A Replication-incompetent Rift Valley fever Vaccine: Chimeric Virus-like Particles Protect Mice and Rats Against Lethal Challenge

12.30 – 12.50

M. Bublot (42)

Poxvirus-vectored vaccines against influenza in domestic animals

12.50 – 13.10

J. Plana-Duran (43)

DNA vaccinology in veterinary medicine: Development of equine west nile dna vaccine and canine rabies dna vaccine



Close of the Meeting