Brucellosis 2003 proceedings - PHIDIAS

Scientific Program - Monday, September 15
HO5- CLINICAL MANIFESTATION AND LABORATORY TEST RESULTS IN 581 CASES OF
BRUCELLOSIS IN BABOL, IRAN , 1997-2002.
M.R.Hasanjani Roushan 1 , S. A. Asgharzadeh Ahmadi 1 , M. J. Soleimani Amiri 1 . (1) Department of Infectious Diseases, Babol
Medical University, Babol, Iran.
HO6- CHILDHOOD BRUCELLOSIS IN BABOL, NORTH OF IRAN.
M. R. Hasanjani Roushan 1 , S. A. Asgharzadeh Ahmadi 1 , Y. Zahed Pasha 2 , M. J. Soleimani Amiri 1 . (1) Department of Infectious
Diseases, Babol Medical University, Babol, Iran. (2) Amir Kola Children Hospital, Babol Medical University, Babol, Iran.
HO7- EFFICACY OF THREE DIFFERENT REGIMENS WITH TWO DIFFERENT DURATION OF
THERAPY IN HUMAN BRUCELLOSIS.
M. R. Hasanjani Roushan 1 , S. A. Asgharzadeh Ahmadi 1 , M. G. Soleimani Amiri. (1) Department of Infectious Diseases, Babol
Medical University, Babol, Iran.
HO8- ANIMAL AND HUMAN BRUCELLOSIS IN ITALY: OCCUPATIONAL, FOOD CHAIN
EXPOSURE, OR BOTH?.
F. De Massis 1 , A. Di Girolamo 2 , A. Petrini 1 , E. Pizzigallo 2 , A. Giovannini 1 . (1) Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e
del Molise, Teramo, Italy. (2) Clinica Malattie Infettive, Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy.
HO9- BRUCELLAR SPONDILODISCITIS. A CASE REPORT IN A RELATIVELY LOW INCIDENCE
AREA.
F. Vignale, P.G.Giuri, A. Di Girolamo, D. De Tullio, E. Pizzigallo, F. Ricci. Clinica Malattie Infettive, Università degli Studi “G.
d’Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy.
13:00 - 15:00 - Lunch and Poster Viewing (Part I)
15:00 - 16:15 (Science Building Auditorium)
SESSION III – DIAGNOSIS IN ANIMAL BRUCELLOSIS (KEYNOTE LECTURES)
Chairman: B. Garin-Bastuji. National & OIE/FAO Animal Brucellosis Reference Lab., Bacterial
Zoonoses Unit, Maisons-Alfort (France)
• Development and validation of diagnostic tools and typing methods for the certification
of the absence of bovine brucellosis in Belgium.
Jacques Godfroid. Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Center, Brussels (Belgium)
• Brucellosis in wildlife.
Darla Ewalt. Diagnostic Bacteriology Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories,
Ames (USA)
16:15 - 16:45 - Coffee break and Poster Viewing (Part I)
16:45 - 18:30 (Science Building Auditorium)
SESSION III – DIAGNOSIS IN ANIMAL BRUCELLOSIS
SHORT ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Chairman: B. Garin-Bastuji. National & OIE/FAO Animal Brucellosis Reference Lab., Bacterial
Zoonoses Unit, Maisons-Alfort (France)
DO1- SEROLOGICAL RESPONSE OF YOUNG AND ADULT SHEEP TO CONJUCTIVAL
VACCINATION WITH REV-1 VACCINE ASSESSED WITH THE CLASSICAL AND RECENT TESTS.
A. Stournara 1 , A. Minas 1 , E. Bourtzi-Chatzopoulou 2 , G. Koptopoulos 2 , E. Petridou 2 , K. Sarris 2 . (1) Veterinary Laboratory of
Larissa, National Reference Laboratory of Brucellosis, 411 10 , Larissa, Greece. (2) Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious
Diseases , Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki , 54 124, Thessaloniki. Greece.
DO2- EVALUATION OF THE COMPETITIVE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY AND POLARIZED
FLUORESCENCE ASSAY FOR BRUCELLOSIS DIAGNOSIS IN GOATS FROM NORTHERN
MÉXICO.
C. Ramirez-Pfeiffer 1 , A. C. Snydelaar-Hardwicke 2 , F. Acosta-Martínez 2 , J. Vázquez-Villanueva 2 , E. Luna-Martínez 3 , R. Gómez-
Flores 4 , K. Nielsen 5 . (1) Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias, CIRNE, C. E. Aldama, México. (2)
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Fac. Med. Veterinaria y Zoot., México. (3) Secretaría de Agricultura Ganadería,
Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, SENASICA, México. (4) Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Fac. Ciencias
Biológicas, México. (5) Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Animal Disease Research Institute, Canada.
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