  Epidemiology and molecular biology of Hepatitis E virus infection The School of Medicine at the University of Antioquia, is pleased to announce its 2012 conference on Epidemiology and molecular biology of Hepatitis E virus infection. Medellín, August 1 - 2, 2012. Schedule
Wednesday, August 1 8:00 Welcome and introduction
María C. Navas, University of Antioquia 8:30 Hepatitis E virus (HEV)
Fabián Cortés-Mancera, University of Antioquia, ITM
9:05 HEV replication
Julio C. Rendón, University of Antioquia
9:40 Epidemiology of HEV virus infection: serological and molecular markers
Dr. Shigeo Nagashima, Jichi Medical University
10:15 Coffee break
10:40 Epidemiology of HEV virus infection in Latin America
María C. Navas, University of Antioquia
11:15 HEV virus infection: animal reservoirs and zoonotic risk
Dr. Shigeo Nagashima, Jichi Medical University
11:50 Open discussion session Workshop 2:00 Seroprevalence of HEV virus infection in patients with acute viral hepatitis
María Cristina Hoyos, University of Antioquia 2:30 Seroprevalence of HEV virus infection in pig farm workers
María V. Mejía, Universidad CES
3:00 Prevalence of HEV virus antibodies in pigs
Daniel Ospina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
3:30 Serological evidence of HEV virus in swine slaughterhouses
Christian C. Gutiérrez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
4:00 Open discussion session Thursday, August 2 8:30 Genetic variability and evolution of hepatitis E virus
Dr. Shigeo Nagashima, Jichi Medical University 9:05 HEV virus vaccine
María C. Navas, University of Antioquia 9:40 Demonstration of HEV infectivity of porcine liver sold as food
Dr. Shigeo Nagashima, Jichi Medical University 10:15 Coffee break
10:40 Efficient cell culture systems for HEV virus strains in feces and circulating blood
Dr. Shigeo Nagashima, Jichi Medical University 11:15 A PSAP motif in the ORF3 protein of hepatitis E virus is necessary for virion release from infected cells
Dr. Shigeo Nagashima, Jichi Medical University 11:50 Open discussion session
Workshop
2:00 Serological and molecular screening for HEV virus in serum of patients with negative virus markers
Dioselina Peláez, Instituto Nacional de la Salud 2:30 Molecular evidence of HEV virus infection in patients with acute viral hepatitis
Julio C. Rendón, University of Antioquia 3:00 RT-PCR screening for the ORF1 of HEV virus in swine slaughterhouses
Jorge E. Forero, Universidad Nacional de Colombia 3:30 Emergence and spread of Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and HEV virus in drinking water and wastewater
Mónica Toro, University of Antioquia
4:00 Open discussion session 4:30 Closing remarks
María C. Navas, University of Antioquia Where Sede de Investigación Universitaria
Auditorio 2
Carrera 53 61-30
Medellín, Colombia Free admission upon registration at: http://reune.udea.edu.co
Contact information
Grupo de Gastrohepatología
Phone: (574) 219 65 73 - 219 65 74
Fax: (574) 219 65 65
Email: gastrohepatologia@gmail.com
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