Tumor-Associated Herpesviruses Conference

描述(申请人提供)：第十届EBV协会国际会议将于2002年7月16日至21日在澳大利亚凯恩斯举行。会议的主题将是“肿瘤相关疱疹病毒”，重点是EB病毒和人类疱疹病毒8型(HHV8)，但也包括动物模型系统中的伽马疱疹病毒感染。随后的会议将于2004年在雷根斯堡和2006年在波士顿举行。两年一度的EBV研讨会在远东、美洲和欧洲之间轮流举行，为EBV研究提供了唯一的定期论坛。这次会议包括临床研究和基础研究，为扩大我们对EBV和癌症的分子基础的了解提供了一个独特的机会。 每一次会议和讲习班都包括分子生物学、免疫学、病理学和流行病学，以便每一次会议都与所有与会者相关，这将促进思想的交流和交流。 拟议的会议将侧重于：原发EBV感染(包括传染性单核细胞增多症、慢性疲劳和X连锁淋巴增殖性疾病)；EBV疾病的诊断和治疗；EBV感染的免疫生物学和病理学；淋巴肿瘤(包括非霍奇金淋巴瘤、霍奇金病和伯基特淋巴瘤)；上皮性肿瘤(包括鼻咽癌、胃癌和乳腺癌)；疫苗开发和移植的最新进展。此外，大会亦会举办题为“疱疹病毒与爱滋病”、“鼻咽癌的诊断、流行病学及治疗”、“疾病的动物模型”及“口腔疱疹病毒感染”的工作坊。7月21日的两场会议--移植和疫苗开发--将与国际疱疹病毒研讨会合并举行。 会议的组织安排是：1.促进临床和基础科学家和学生之间的国际沟通和互动，以促进材料的交换和新的基本信息向临床环境的快速转移；2.表彰和鼓励年轻研究人员；3.突出该领域的新发展，并确定未来研究的领域。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Tenth International Meeting of the EBV Association will be held in Cairns, Australia on July 16th-21st, 2002. The theme of the meeting will be "Tumor Associated Herpesviruses" and will focus on EBV and Human Herpevirus 8 (HHV8), but also include gamma herpesvirus infection in animal model systems. Subsequent meetings will be held in Regensburg in 2004 and Boston in 2006. The biennial EBV symposium alternates between the Far East, America, and Europe and provides the only regular forum for EBV research. The meeting encompasses both clinical studies and basic research, providing a unique opportunity to expand our understanding of the molecular basis of EBV and cancer. Each of the sessions and workshops are configured to include molecular biology, immunology, pathology and epidemiology such that every session will have relevance to all attendees, which will promote communication and cross-fertilization of ideas. The proposed sessions will focus on: Primary EBV infections (including infectious mononucleosis, chronic fatigue and X-linked lymphoproliferative disease); Diagnosis and treatment of EBV diseases; Immunobiology and Pathology of EBV Infection; Lymphoid Tumors (including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and Burkitt's lymphoma); Epithelial tumors (including nasopharyngeal carcinoma gastric carcinomas and breast cancer); Recent advances in vaccine development and Transplantation. As well there will be workshops on "Herpesviruses and AIDS", "The diagnosis, epidemiology and treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma"; "Animal models of Disease" and "Oral Herpesvirus Infections". The two sessions on the 21st July, Transplantation and Vaccine development, will be combined sessions with the International Herpesvirus workshop. The organization of the meeting has been arranged to 1. Stimulate communication and interactions internationally among clinical and basic scientists and students to facilitate exchange of materials and rapid movement of new basic information to clinical settings, 2. Recognize and encourage young investigators and 3. Highlight new developments in the field and identify areas for future investigation.