13th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-borne Diseases

描述(由申请者提供)：申请资金支持第13届莱姆病螺旋体病和其他扁虱传播疾病国际会议。自1983年以来，该会议每隔2-3年举行一次，现已成为展示硬蜱传播的人类疾病研究进展的首届会议。本次会议包括莱姆疏螺旋体病、巴贝斯虫病、人类粒细胞无形体病(埃立克次体病)和森林脑炎。这次会议提供了一个独特的利基市场，它汇集了临床医生、临床研究人员、兽医、生态学家、昆虫学家和实验室研究人员，以多学科的方法了解这些疾病。本次会议所代表的硬蜱传播疾病的发病率和地理分布继续增加。对这些病原体和控制人类疾病的方法的研究也呈指数级增长。这次会议的组织委员会和科学计划委员会的成员都是该领域的领导者，委员会的组成反映了该领域利益的多样性。会议将于8月18日至21日在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行。我们预计这次会议将吸引大约350名与会者，其中一半是美国的研究人员，另一半来自其他国家(主要是莱姆疏螺旋体病和其他壁虱传播疾病流行的欧洲国家)。为了确保我们选择最前沿和最新的研究进行演讲，大多数演讲者将由科学计划委员会从提交给大会的抽象提案中选出。每一次会议都将侧重于硬蜱传播疾病的一个具体方面--硬蜱的生态、疾病的临床表现、诊断、动物模型、人体研究或分子发病机制--并将以全体会议开始，就该领域的研究状况提供专家概述。会议旨在最大限度地促进与会者之间的互动，同时确保满足不同与会者的需求。将积极征求传统上代表性不足的少数群体的参与。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested to support the 13th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases. This meeting, which has been held every 2-3 years since 1983, has become the premiere conference for showcasing research advances in human diseases transmitted by Ixodes ticks. The diseases included in this conference are Lyme borreliosis, babesiosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis (ehrlichiosis) and tick-borne encephalitis. The conference serves a unique niche in that it brings together clinicians, clinical researchers, veterinarians, ecologists, entomologists, and laboratory researchers in a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the diseases. The tick-borne diseases represented at this conference continue to increase in incidence and geographic distribution. Research into these pathogens and approaches to control human disease has also increased exponentially. The members of the organizing and scientific program committees of this conference are all leaders in the field and the makeup of the committees reflects the diversity of interests in the field. The meeting will be held Aug 18-21st in Boston, MA. We expect that the meeting will draw approximately 350 attendees, half of whom will be researchers based in the U.S. and the other half from other countries (predominantly European nations where Lyme borreliosis and other tick-borne diseases are endemic). In order to ensure that we select the most cutting-edge and current research for presentation, the majority speakers will be selected by the Scientific Program Committee from the abstract proposals submitted to the conference. Each of the sessions will focus on a specific aspect of tick-borne diseases-ecology of ticks, clinical manifestations of disease, diagnosis, animal models, human studies or molecular pathogenesis-and will begin with a plenary session to provide an expert overview on the state of research in the area. The meeting has been designed to maximize interactions among the participants while ensuring that the needs of a diverse body of attendees are met. Participation from traditionally underrepresented minority groups will be actively solicited.