Brucellosis 2003 proceedings - PHIDIAS

Scientific Program - Poster Session II
(from 13:00 Tuesday 16 to 18:30 Wednesday 17)
POSTER SESSION II
(from 13:00 Tuesday 16 to 18:30 Wednesday 17)
61- HIGH PREVALENCE OF Brucella pinnipediae IN TISSUES FROM APPARENTLY HEALTHY
GREENLAND SEA HOODED SEALS (Cystophora cristata).
M. Tryland 1,2 , K. K. Sørensen 3 , and J. Godfroid 4 . (1) Department of Arctic Veterinary Medicine, The Norwegian School of
Veterinary Science, Tromsø, Norway. (2) Department of Microbiology and Virology, University of Tromsø, Norway. (3) National
Veterinary Institute, Regional Laboratory, Tromsø, Norway. (4) Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels,
Belgium.
62- Brucella melitensis PERSISTENCE AND KINETICS OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE IN
EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED EWES. PART I.
Tittarelli M., Di Ventura M., Scacchia M., Petrini A. Conte A., Caporale V. National Reference Centre Istituto Zooprofilattico
Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy.
63- Brucella melitensis PERSISTENCE AND KINETICS OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE IN
EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED EWES. PART II.
Tittarelli M., Di Ventura M., Scacchia M., De Massis F. Giovannini A., Caporale V. National Reference Centre Istituto
Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy.
64- VIRULENCE OF Brucella suis BIOVAR 2 IN EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF INFECTION.
David Fretin 1 , S. Kohler 2 , P. Michel 1 , D. Desqueper 1 , I. Danese 1 , J. Godfroid 1 . (1) Veterinary and Agrochemical Research
Center, Brussels, Belgium. (2) INSERM U-431, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France.
65- PHAGOCYTOSIS AND INTRACELLULAR SURVIVAL OF Brucella IN MOCL3 OVINE
MACROPHAGES.
M. P. Jiménez de Bagüés 1 , M. Olivier 2 , L. Guilloteau 2 . (1) Unidad de Sanidad Animal. Servicio de Investigación Agroalimentaria.
Diputación General de Aragón. Ap 727. 50080 Zaragoza, Spain. (2) Laboratoire de Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie.
INRA. 37380 Nouzilly. France.
66- ANALYSIS OF LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF Brucella melitensis IN OVINE CELLS MOCL3
AND EFFECT OF OPSONIZATION ON INFECTIVITY.
Paolo Pasquali 1 , Rosanna Adone 1 , Michel Olivier 2 , Cinzia Marianelli 1 , Claudia Pistoia 1 , Paola Petrucci 1 , Giacomo Marcon 1 ,
Franco Ciuchini 1 . (1) Dipartimento di Sanità Alimentare ed Animale, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161,
Rome, Italy. (2) Laboratoire de Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie. INRA. 37380 Nouzilly. France.
67- INTERACTION OF Brucella abortus WITH APOPTOTIC MECHANISMS.
Norman Rojas 1 , Hazel Rojas 1 , Monica Thelestam 2 and Edgardo Moreno 3 . (1) CIET, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de
Costa Rica. (2) Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. (3) PIET, Escuela de
Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica.
68- DOES OXYGEN TENSION MODULATE GENE EXPRESSION DURING GROWTH OF Brucella
INSIDE ITS REPLICATIVE NICHE?.
S. Loisel, S. Köhler, J.-P. Liautard and V. Jubier-Maurin. INSERM U-431, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier, France.
69- INDUCTION OF ENHANCED CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVITY BY Brucella abortus
RB51 OVEREXPRESSING CU/ZN SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE (SOD) AND LEAKING SOD.
Y. Hea 1 , R. Vemulapalli 2 , N. Sriranganathan 3 , S. Boyle 3 and G. G. Schurig 3 . (1) Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech,
Virginia, USA. (2) Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, Indiana, USA. (3)
Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Virginia,
USA.
70- DOES Brucella REPLICATE INSIDE THE AMOEBA Acanthamoeba castellani?.
C. NIijskens, A. Tibor, RM. Delrue and J.J. Letesson. Unité de Recherche en Biologie Moléculaire (URBM), Laboratoire
d’Immunologie et de Microbiologie, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgique.
71- FLAGELLAR GENE HOMOLOGUES EXPRESSED IN Brucella melitensis 16M.
Brenda L. Soto and G. Splitter. University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
72- IMPLICATION OF FLAGELLAR GENES IN Brucella - HOST CELL INTERACTION.
C. NIijskens, RM. Delrue, A. Tibor, S. Léonard, D. Fretin and J.J. Letesson. Unité de Recherche en Biologie Moléculaire
(URBM), Laboratoire d’Immunologie et de Microbiologie, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgique.
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