2003 LDF Conference Agenda -- Hartford, Ct.

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16th International Conference

State of the Art of Tick-Borne Disorders

Program Schedule

Saturday Morning, June 7, 2003

 

I. Overview Presentations and New Research on Lyme Arthritis
8:00-8:05 Introduction
8:05-8:40 Paul Fawcett, PhD. (Dupont Children’s Hospital)
An Overview on the Immune Response and Implications for Serologic Testing

8:40-9:15 Carlos Rose, MD. (Dupont Children’s Hospital)

Antibiotic Resistant Lyme Arthritis: a non-infectious complication of Lyme Disease
9:15-9:50 Paul Fawcett, PhD
“Synoviocytes and Chronic Lyme Arthritis”

 

9:50-10:05 Break

II.  New Research Findings on Borrelia burgdorferi
10:05-10:40 Rich Marconi.

Factor H Binding of Bb as means of immuneevasion.
10:40-11:15 Steve Norris (Univ of Texas, Houston).

Virulence determinants of Lyme Disease Borrelia.
11:15-11:50 James Miller. (UCLA)

“Rabbits infected with host-adapted Borrelia burgdorferi, B31 Strain, develop complete, humoral-mediated immunity to B31-infected and N40-infected tick challenge

11:50 – 1:00 Lunch

III. New Research Findings on Coinfections
1:00-1:30 Chuck Pavia (New York Medical)

New Techniques for culturing Bb using modified BSK medium

1:30-2:00 Andy Levin

C6 Peptide ELIZA

2:00-2:30 Eli Mordechai , PhD. (MDL)

Coinfections in Ticks
2:30-3:00 David Allred, PhD (Univ of Florida):
Babesiosis: Persistence in the Face of Adversity
3:00-3:30 Martin Fried, MD

Coinfections and the GI System

3:30-3:45 Break

IV. New Research in Public Health and Bioterrorism Update
3:45-4:15 Kirby Stafford (CT. Agricultural Station)
An Intervention Update: Research Studies in Tick Control
4:15-5:00 Julie Rawlings (Texas Department of Health)
Update on Small Pox and Use of Vector Borne Agents for Bioterrorism

 

 

Sunday Morning, June 8, 2003

8:00 Introduction to Day II

 

V. New Research Findings in Dermatologic and Neurologic Lyme Disease
8:00-8:30 Andy Franks (NYU)

Atypical Cutaneous Manifestations of Bb
8:30-9:05 Ben Luft (Stony Brook).
Search for Biomarkers for the Full Spectrum of Lyme Disease
9:05-9:40 Pat Coyle (USB)

Update on Program Project Grant for Neurologic Lyme Disease

9:40-10:05 Steve Schutzer (UMDNJ)
Immune Complexes and Antigens

 

10:05-10:20 Break

 

10:20-10:50 Brian Fallon (Columbia)

NINDS Chronic Lyme Encephalopathy Trial - Overview on Neuroimaging, CSF studies, and Implications for Neuropsychiatry of Lyme Disease

VI. Perspectives on Treatment and Treatment Failure. New Findings in Vaccine Research

10:50-11:20 Sam Donta (Boston University)

Antibiotics for Lyme and Tick Borne Disorders.”
11:20-11:50 Norman Latov (Cornell)

Treatment of autoimmunity in the Presence of Active infection.

 

11:50-1:00 Lunch

 

1:00-1:20 Daniel Cameron

Treatment Delay as a Risk Factor for treatment failure in Lyme disease

1:20-1:40 Richard Horowitz
A Study of Heavy Metal Exposure among Lyme Disease patients with Chronic persistent Symptoms
1:40-2:00 Robert Bransfield
Treatment of Fatigue in Chronic Lyme Disease

VIII. Clinical Roundtable
2:00-3:00 Treatment Roundtable - Ami Katz, Lesley Fein
Illustrative Case Presentations (15-20 minutes per presentation with 20 minutes for discussion at end)

 

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