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Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Avian Influenza : avian influenza, a global problem : Georgia Center for Continuing Education, the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA, May 28-31, 1997 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: International Symposium on Avian Influenza Georgia Center for Continuing Education, United States Animal Health Association, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory (U.S.), University of Georgia. College of Veterinary Medicine, American Association of Avian Pathologists
Other Authors: Swayne, David E., Slemons, Richard D.
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Kennett Square, Pa. : American Association of Avian Pathologists, [1998]
Subjects:
Influenza in Birds.
Birds.
Congress.
Table of Contents:
  • Session titles
  • Historical perspective of the Avian Influenza Symposium
  • World status of isolations since 1992
  • Avian influenza virus ecology and epidemiology
  • Dedication of the fourth symposium to Drs. Pomeroy and Bankowski
  • Introduction of Edwin D. Kilbourne
  • Keynote address : avian and human influenza : which way does the gene pool flow?
  • Pathobiology of avian influenza virus infections
  • Pathogenicity factors: virulence of the virus
  • Pathogenicity factors: host and environmental influences
  • Prophylactic and therapeutic developments
  • Surveillance and diagnostic methods
  • Control philosophies
  • Recommendations of the Fourth International Symposium on Avian Influenza
  • Paper titles
  • Avian influenza in the eastern hemisphere (excluding the Pacific Basin) during 1992-1997
  • Avian influenza in the western hemisphere including the Pacific Basin 1992-1996
  • The Mexican Avian Influenza (H5N2) Outbreak
  • History of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Australia
  • The Avian Influenza H7N3 Outbreak in South Central Asia
  • Outbreaks of low pathogenicity avian influenza in U.S.A.
  • Avian influenza in China
  • Ecology and epidemiology of avian influenza viruses in wild bird populations : waterfowl, shorebirds, pelicans, cormorants, etc.
  • Subtypes of avian influenza virus isolated from exotic birds and ratites in the United States, 1992-1996
  • Epidemiology of influenza in live bird markets and ratite farms
  • Interspecies transmission and maintanance of type A influenza viruses in mammals
  • Monoclonal antibody binding patterns as an epidemiologic tool
  • Molecular epidemiology of recent North American H5 and H7 avian influenza viruses
  • Molecular epidemiology of the H5 and H7 avian influenza viruses submitted to the International Reference Laboratory, Weybridge
  • Re-examination of pathogenicity, virulence and lethality
  • Pathology of low and high virulent influenza virus infections
  • Viral cellular factors involved in influenza virus-induces apoptosis
  • Virus and host factors determining the polygenic nature of pathogenicity
  • Hemagglutinin cleavage site sequences of avian influenza viruses (AIV) isolated between 1992 and 1997
  • Pathogenicity shifts in experimental avian influenza virus infections in chickens
  • Occurrence and possible mechanisms of cleavage site insertions in the avian influenza hemagglutinin gene
  • Direct demonstration of the importance of hemagglutinin cleavability for virulence of an avian influenza A virus by reverse genetics
  • Bacterial proteases and co-infections as enhancers of virulence
  • Risk assessment for introduction and transmission of avian influenza (AI) in commercial poultry
  • Strengths and weaknesses of vaccines as a control tool
  • Inactivated avian influenza whole virus vaccines
  • The potential of neuraminidase vaccines for humans and poultry
  • In vitro and in vivo studies for licensing a recombinant fowlpox
  • Experimental studies and field trials with recombinant fowlpox vaccine in broilers in Mexico
  • Recombinant hemagglutinin subunit vaccine produced in a baculovirus expression vector system
  • DNA vaccines for avian influenza - a model for future poultry vaccines?
  • Anti-influenza virus therapeutics : potential use and their mode of action
  • Evaluation of ELISA for avian influenza serologic and diagnostic programs : comparison with agar gel precipitin and hemagglutination inhibition tests
  • A competitive enzyme - linked innumbosorbert assay for avian influenza
  • Molecular diagnostic techniques : can we identify influenza viruses, differentiate subtypes and determine pathogenicity potential of viruses by RT-PCR?
  • Considerations for avian influenza surveillance in the U.S. in chickens
  • Avian influenza in the turkey industry : the Minnesota Model
  • AI control philosophies in the broiler industry : the delmarva model
  • Avian influenza control philosophies in the layer and layer breeder industries
  • USDA-APHIS national perspective on avian influenza control
  • Control strategies of the International Office of Epizootics, the European Union and the harmonisation of international standards for the diagnosis of avian influenza