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Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Avian Influenza : [Athens, Georgia, April 14-17, 2002 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Symposium on Avian Influenza Georgia Center for Continuing Education
Other Authors: Swayne, David E., Suarez, David L.
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ga. : American Association of Avian Pathologists, [2003]
Series:Avian diseases ; v. 47 suppl.
Subjects:
Avian influenza > Congresses.
Bird Diseases.
Influenza in Birds.
Birds.
Congresses.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and welcome
  • Dedication
  • Symposium keynote address : fixed and frozen flu : the 1918 influenza and lessons for the future
  • Session keynote : report on avian influenza in the Eastern hemisphere during 1997-2002
  • Session keynote : avian influenza in the Western hemisphere including the Pacific Islands and Australia
  • An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Australia in 1997 caused by an H7N4 virus
  • Summary of the 2001-02 Pennsylvania H7N2 low pathogenicity avian influenza outbreak in meat type chickens
  • Evaluation of pathogenic potential of avian influenza virus serotype H9N2 in chickens
  • A review of the 1996-98 nonpathogenic H7N2 avian influenza outbreak in Pennsylvania
  • Avian influenza (H9N2) outbreak in Iran
  • Session keynote : avian influenza in Hong Kong 1997-2002
  • Session keynote : avian influenza in Italy 1997-2001
  • Clinical, gross, and microscopic findings in different avian species naturally infected during the H7N1 low- and high-pathogenicity avian influenza epidemics in Italy during 1999 and 2000
  • Session keynote : the quest of influenza A viruses for new hosts
  • Influenza A virus surveillance in wild birds in Northern Europe in 1999 and 2000
  • Circulation of influenza viruses in wild waterfowl wintering in Italy during the 1993-99 period : evidence of virus shedding and seroconversion in wild ducks
  • Avian influenza viruses in Minnesota ducks during 1998-2000
  • Low-pathogenicity avian influenza virus (H6N2) in chickens in California, 2000-02
  • Session keynote : reverse genetics for the control of avian influenza
  • Update on molecular epidemiology of H1, H5, and H7 influenza virus infections in poultry in North America
  • Molecular and biological characteristics of H5 and H7 avian influenza viruses in live-bird markets of the Northeastern United States, 1994-2001
  • Multiple genotypes of nonpathogenic H6N2 influenza viruses isolated from chickens in California
  • Reassortants of H5N1 influenza viruses recently isolated from aquatic poultry in Hong Kong SAR
  • Session keynote : the impact of avian influenza viruses on public health
  • Relationship of pre-1918 avian influenza HA and NP sequences to subsequent avian influenza strains
  • Safety evaluation in chickens of candidate human vaccines against potential pandemic strains of influenza
  • A primate model to study the pathogenesis of influenza A (H5N1) virus infection
  • The WHO global influenza program and its animal influenza network
  • Transmission dynamics of low- and high-pathogenicity A/chicken/Pennsylvania/83 avian influenza viruses
  • Additional glycosylation at the receptor binding site of the hemagglutinin (HA) for H5 and H7 viruses may be an adaptation to poultry hosts, but does it influence pathogenicity?
  • Evaluation of a high-pathogenicity H5N1 avian influenza A virus isolated from duck meat
  • Comparative susceptibility of selected avian and mammalian species to a Hong Kong-origin H5N1 high-pathogenicity avian influenza virus
  • Examining the cellular pathways involved in influenza virus induced apoptosis
  • International standards for the control of avian influenza
  • Should we change the definition of avian influenza for eradication purposes?
  • USDA options for regulatory changes to enhance the prevention and control of avian influenza
  • The impact of new epidemiological information on a risk analysis for the introduction of avian influenza viruses in imported poultry meat
  • Epidemiologic and surveillance studies on avian influenza in live-bird markets in New York and New Jersey, 2001
  • An update on avian influenza in Mexico
  • Low-pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) in Italy (2000-01) : epidemiology and control
  • The use of geographic information system (GIS) in the frame of the contingency plan implemented during the 1999-2001 avian influenza (AI) epidemic in Italy
  • Survival of avian influenza virus H7N2 in SPF chickens and their environments
  • Epidemiology, production losses, and control measures associated with an outbreak of avian influenza subtype H7N2 in Pennsylvania (1996-98)
  • The impact of a monthly rest day on avian influenza virus isolation rates in retail live poultry markets in Hong Kong
  • Standardization of an inactivated H7N1 avian influenza vaccinge and efficacy against A/Chicken/Italy/13474/99 high-pathogenicity virus infection
  • Recombinant paramyxovirus type 1-avian influenza-H7 virus as a vaccine for protection of chickens against influenza and newcastle disease
  • Development of hemagglutinin subtype-specific reference antisera by DNA vaccination of chickens
  • ELISA test for the detection of influenza H7 antibodies in avian sera
  • Development and preliminary validation of an ad hoc N1-N3 discriminatory test for the control of avain influenza in Italy
  • Session keynote : molecular diagnostics in an insecure world
  • A NASBA method to detect high- and low-pathogenicity H5 avian influenza viruses
  • RT-PCR-ELISA as a tool for diagnosis of low-pathogenicity avian influenza
  • Development of real-time RT-PCR for the detection of avian influenza virus
  • An update on avian influenza in Hong Kong 2002
  • Development of multiplex real-time RT-PCR as a diagnostic tool for avian influenza
  • The effect of various disinfectants on detection of avian influenza virus by real time RT-PCR
  • Live-bird market closure activities in the Northeastern United States
  • Low-pathogenicity H7N2 avian influenza outbreak in Virginia during 2002
  • Isolation and characterization of a low-pathogenicity H7N7 influenza virus from a turkey in a small mixed free-range poultry flock in Germany
  • Type A influenza virus surveillance in free-flying, nonmigratory ducks residing on the eastern shore of Maryland
  • Low-pathogenicity avian influenza virus in live bird markets - what about the livestock area?
  • Land-based birds as potential disseminators of avian/mammalian reassortant influenza A viruses
  • Sequence of HA gene of avian influenza A/Chicken/Guangdong/SS/1994 (H9N2) virus
  • Neurological manifestations of avian influenza viruses in mammals
  • Generation and characterization of an H9N2 cold-adapted reassortant as a vaccine candidate
  • Mechanisms of pathogenicity of influenza A (H5N1) viruses in mice
  • Pathogenesis of and immunity to a new influenza A (H5N1) virus isolated from duck meat
  • Assaying susceptibility of avian and other influenza A viruses to Zanamivir : comparison of fluorescent and chemiluminescent neuraminidase assays
  • Avian embryo susceptibility to Italian H7N1 avian influenza viruses belonging to different lineages
  • Pathogenesis of H7 influenza A viruses isolated from ostriches in the homologous host infected experimentally
  • Differences between influenza virus receptors on target cells of duck and chicken and receptor specificity of the 1997 H5N1 chicken and human influenza viruses from Hong Kong
  • Plaque morphology of Italian H7N1 LPAI isolates in MDCK cells and in primary cells of different avian species
  • Differences between HA receptor-binding sites of avian influenza viruses isolated from Laridae and Anatidae
  • Descriptive and surveillance studies of suppliers to New York and New Jersey retail live-bird markets
  • Avian influenza attributable to serovar H7N1 in light layers in Italy
  • Strategies to improve protection against low-pathogenicity H7 avian influenza virus infection using DNA vaccines
  • Detection of H7 avian influenza virus directly from poultry specimens
  • Rapid diagnosis of highly pathogenic avian influenza using pancreatic impression smears
  • Validation of egg yolk antibody testing as a method to determine influenza status in white leghorn hens
  • Development of a highly sensitive screen for influenza A in guano and its application in the search for ancient RNA preserved under Antarctic Adelie penguin colonies
  • Pathogenicity of a ratite-origin influenza A H5 virus in ostriches (Struthio camelus)
  • Characterization of avian influenza virus isolates submitted to the Nation Centre for Foreign Animal Disease between 1997 and 2001
  • The occurrence of avian influenza A subtype H6N2 in commercial layer flocks in Southern California (2000-02) : clinicopathological findings