Program Monday May 26th 2014
7.45 am – 9.00 am
Registration
9.00 am – 9.10 am
Welcome by NorVect
Trine Skei Grande (Liberal Party, Venstre) gives opening speech
9.10 am – 10.10 am
Joseph J. Burrascano Jr. MD
Lyme Borreliosis – History, Clinical Presentations, Testing and Diagnosis (incl. 5-10 minutes Q&A)
10.10 am – 11.05 am
Jyotsna Shah, Ph.D, CCLD, MBA
What Have We Learnt About Diagnosis of Lyme and Other Tick-borne Diseases in The Last 20 Years? (incl. 5-10 minutes Q&A)
11.05 am– 11.25 am
Break
11.25 am– 12.35am
Richard I. Horowitz, MD
Tick-borne Co-infections: Presentation, Diagnosis and Treatment. (incl. 5-10 minutes Q&A)
12.35 pm– 1.35 pm
Lunch – networking, knowledge sharing
1.35 pm – 2.35 pm
Christian Perrone, PhD, MD
The gap between current diagnostic tests for Lyme disease and associated diseases and the diversity of pathogens isolated in the world.(incl. 5- 10 minutes Q&A)
2.35 pm – 3.05 pm
Carl Morten Motzfeldt Laane, PhD
Easy Detection of Bacteria and Parasites in Infected Human Blood by Microscopy. Some Simple, Low-cost Methods. (incl. 5 minutes Q&A)
3.05 pm – 2.30 pm
Bela Bózsik, MD
DualDur®reagent & method in diagnosis & pathogenesis for TBD – 30 years practice (incl. 5 minutes Q&A)
3.25 pm – 3.45 pm
Break
3.45 pm – 4.25 pm
Alan MacDonald, MD
Borrelia -diverse Morphologies in culture and in Human Infections (incl 10 minutes Q&A)
4.25 pm– 4.45 pm
Armin Schwarzbach, Ph.D, MD
Borrelia-Elispot: A Game-Changer in diagnostics?
4.45 pm– 5.30 pm
Dialogue/ Panel discussions
Program Tuesday May 27th 2014
07.30 – 08.30 am
Registration
08.30 – 09.30 am
Joseph J. Burrascano Jr. MD
Lyme Borreliosis: Treatment and Case Histories (incl.10 minutes Q&A)
09.30 – 11.15 am
Richard I. Horowitz, MD
Why Can´t I Get Better? Using the Lyme-MSIDS Map in Chronic Illness. (incl. 10-15 minutes Q&A)
11.15 – 11.30 am
Break
11.30 am – 12.30 pm
Dr. Edward B. Breitschwerdt, DVM
Bartonellosis: A One Health Approach to An Emerging Infectious Disease (incl. 10 minutes Q&A)
12.30 pm – 1.30 pm
Lunch – networking, knowledge sharing
1.30 pm – 1.55 pm
Åshild Andreassen, Ph.D
ScandTick – Regional cooperation against tick-borne diseases. (incl. 5 minutes Q&A)
1.55 pm – 2.45 pm
Eva Sapi, Ph.D
Biofilms and antibiotic resistance of Borrelia burgdorferi (incl. 5-10 minutes Q&A)
2.45 pm – 3.25 pm
Alan MacDonald, MD
Human Borrelia Deaths, Autospy studies, and Chronic Morbidities (incl. 10 minutes Q&A).
3.25 pm– 3.40 pm
Break
3.40 pm – 4.30 pm
Judith Miklossy, Ph.D, MD, DSc
Chronic Lyme disease and Lyme dementia (incl. 5-10 minutes Q&A)
4.30 pm – 4.50 pm
Randi Eikeland, Ph.D, MD
European Neuroborreliosis Long-term Follow-up
4.50 pm – 5.30 pm
Dialogue/ Panel discussion