- ISIRV Antiviral Group - Influenza Antivirals: Efficacy and Resistance
We are delighted to announce that the inaugural conference of the isirv-Antiviral Group (isirv- AVG) will take place in Rio de Janeiro (Copacabana Beach), Brazil from 8th -10th November 2011 and is organised in conjunction with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). The Organising Committee includes Marilda Siqueira (Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Alan Hay (MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK), Arnold Monto (University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, USA) & Maria Zambon (Health Protection Agency, London, UK).
The emergent 2009 H1N1 pandemic brought into acute focus the uses and limitations of the available anti-influenza drugs in mitigating the early impact of an influenza pandemic. Specific topics to be covered in the programme include: the available anti-influenza drugs and their use in different situations and settings; the emergence and molecular basis of resistance; surveillance and detection of resistant phenotypes and resistance mutations, especially in relation to drug use; associated studies of potential local and community spread; animal studies of virus fitness and the potential clinical/epidemiological significance of resistant mutants; new antiviral approaches and drug combinations.
The Programme Committee includes the Organising Committee Members and in addition the following international influenza experts: Guy Boivin (Laval University, Quebec, Canada), Rick Bright (HHS, Washington, USA), Rodrigo Fasce (Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile, Santiago, Chile), Elena Govorkova (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, USA), Larisa Gubareva (CDC, Atlanta, USA), Frederick Hayden (University of Virginia School of Medicine, Virginia, USA), Jenny McKimm-Breschkin (CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia), Charles Penn (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland), Vilma Savy (Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Norio Sugaya (Keiyu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan) and Sylvie van der Werf (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France).
There will be simultaneous translations available in SPANISH of the Symposia Sessions and Concurrent Workshops.
First announcement
Registration is now closed
Programme(updated 4th October 2011)
Call for abstracts is now closed
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