International Bordetella Symposium
Scientific Organizing Committee
Chairs: Peter Sebo, CZ & Tod Merkel, USA
Heath Damron, Eric T Harvill, Edwards, Kathryn, Seema Mattoo, Karen Scanlon, Monica Cartelle Gestal, Rachel Fernandez, Marcela Pasetti
Scientific Program Committee
Chairs: Peter Sebo, CZ & Tod Merkel, USA
Session 1: Clinical and epidemiological aspects of pertussis
Michael Weigand, USA & Sylvain Brisse, FR
Session 2: Evolution, Genomics and Gene regulation of Bordetella
Christopher Gill USA, Pejman Rohani, USA & Domenech de Cellés
Session 3: Part I - Molecular and cellular mechanisms of Bordetellae virulence and pathogenesis
Kathy Edwards & Marcela Passeti, USA & Dimitri Diavatopoulos, NE
Session 4: Part II - Molecular and cellular mechanisms of Bordetellae virulence and pathogenesis
Yasuhiko Horiguchi, JAP & Karen Scanlon, USA & Maria E. Rodriguez AR & Jana Kamanova, CZ
Session 5: Bordetellae other than Bordetella pertussis in human and veterinary medicine
Tracy Nicholson, USA & Eric Harvill, USA
Session 6: Mechanisms of Immunity to pertussis and new avenues of vaccination
Purnima Dubey, US & Monica Gestal, USA & Kingston Mills, IRE
Session 7: Interactions between basic science and vaccine industry
Camille Locht, BE and F. Heath Damron, USA