Infectious Diseases From Nature: Mclaughlin Symposium

自然界的传染病：麦克劳林研讨会

• 批准号: 6760836
• 负责人: Clarence J. Peters
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-02-01 至 2005-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6760836
• 关键词: Ebola virus; Hantavirus; Rift Valley fever virus; SARS virus; West Nile virus; disease /disorder etiology; disease vectors; emerging infectious disease; human ecology; human immunodeficiency virus; meeting /conference /symposium; travel; virus genetics

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The meeting "Infectious Diseases From Nature: Mechanisms of Viral Emergence and Persistence" will bring together an international audience of basic virologists and other microbiologists, to focus on a discussion of emerging infectious diseases having non-human origins. We anticipate that this meeting, to be held March 19-21, 2004 in Galveston, Texas will result in a robust interdisciplinary discussion of the unique aspects of those emerging infectious diseases that are moving from non-human sources to humans. The overall goal of the 2.5-day conference, which will be dedicated to a pioneer in the emerging diseases field--Dr. Robert E. Shope, is to develop a heightened understanding of the ecology underlying these diseases, their pathogenicity, the means by which they persist and survive in humans, and how public health systems can cope with them. We anticipate that presentation of the recent progress in unraveling the genetic backgrounds and the means by which these diseases evolve and spread will be useful to individuals in several fields--those currently attempting to control emerging viruses in the general population, as well as scientists who are developing vaccines to prevent or allay the serious manifestations of these diseases. Thus, we believe that bringing investigators together to address recent developments in their specific areas may lead to new perspectives in the realm of infectious diseases. Accordingly, the meeting will seek to identify common themes that will allow a consensus to be developed concerning future directions for research. Four themed sessions are planned: (1) The contribution of quantitative ecological studies to our understanding of these diseases; (2) Pathogenesis of infections in vectors and reservoirs; (3) Mechanisms that enhance persistence of the agents in their vectors and reservoirs; and (4) The means by which agents assure their survival over long periods of time. In these sessions, there will be discussion of rodent-borne viruses, e.g., hantavirus; mosquito-borne viruses, e.g. West Nile; filoviruses (e.g. Ebola); alphaviruses (Rift Valley Fever Viruses) and others, including HIV and SARS.

描述（由申请人提供）：会议“传染病来自自然：病毒出现和持续的机制”将汇集基础病毒学家和其他微生物学家的国际观众，重点讨论非人类起源的新兴传染病。我们预计，将于2004年3月19日至21日在得克萨斯州加尔维斯顿举行的这次会议将导致对那些正在从非人类来源转移到人类的新出现的传染病的独特方面进行强有力的跨学科讨论。为期2.5天的会议的总体目标是，将致力于新兴疾病领域的先驱--罗伯特·E·Shope的目标是加深对这些疾病背后的生态学、它们的致病性、它们在人类中持续存在和生存的方式以及公共卫生系统如何科普它们的理解。我们预计，介绍在揭示这些疾病的遗传背景和演变和传播方式方面的最新进展，将对若干领域的个人-目前试图控制普通人群中新出现的病毒的人，以及正在开发疫苗以预防或减轻这些疾病的严重表现的科学家-有用。因此，我们认为，将研究人员聚集在一起，以解决其特定领域的最新发展可能会导致传染病领域的新观点。因此，会议将设法确定共同的主题，以便就今后的研究方向达成共识。计划举办四个主题会议：（1）定量生态学研究对我们理解这些疾病的贡献;（2）媒介和宿主中感染的发病机制;（3）增强媒介和宿主中病原体持久性的机制;（4）病原体确保其长期存活的手段。在这些会议中，将讨论啮齿动物传播的病毒，例如，汉坦病毒;蚊媒病毒，例如西尼罗河病毒;丝状病毒（例如埃博拉病毒）;甲病毒（裂谷热病毒）和其他病毒，包括HIV和SARS。