Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Webcast A Workshop on the Critical Needs and Gaps in Understanding Prevention, Amelioration, and Resolution of Lyme and Other Tick-borne Diseases: the Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes
Washington Plaza Hotel (Adams and Franklin Room) • 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005
8:00 A.M. EDT
October 11-12, 2010
Now Playing:Surveillance, Spectrum, and Burden of Tick-Gorne Diseases, Part 2
10:20 am Recent Understanding of Babesiosis: Clinical Manifestation, Co-infection, and Research Needs
Peter Krause, M.D. (confirmed)
Senior Research Scientist
Lecturer in Epidemiology, Microbial Diseases
Yale School of Public Health
10:40 am Insights into Ehrlichia & Anaplasma: Surveillance, Co-infection, and Research Needs
J. Stephen Dumler, M.D. (confirmed)
Professor, Department of Pathology
Division of Medical Microbiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
11:00 am Rickettsia Diseases: Spectrum of Disease, Spatial Clustering, At-Risk Populations, and
Research Needs
Jennifer McQuiston, D.V.M, M.S. (confirmed)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
11:20 am Discussion
11:40 am Panel: Disease Surveillance & Co-infection
Stephen Dumler, Peter Krause, Benjamin Luft, Jennifer McQuiston,
and Gary Wormser
12:15 pm Summation: Unifying Knowledge Gaps and Needs
Gordon Schutze
