Gold Coast
30 November 2007
This ESAP was held 09:00 to 17:30 on the day before the 12th APSR Congress
The real possibility of a human influenza pandemic signals an urgency to adequately understand its threat and to learn how best we can prepare ourselves. Pandemic influenza virus has its origins in avian influenza viruses, and the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 has received particular attention in that it is already panzootic in poultry worldwide and has been crossing species barriers to infect humans and other mammals with high fatality rates.
Bringing together experts from the World Health Organisation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American College of Chest Physicians and Asia-Pacific Society of Respirology, this ESAP seeks to review the ecology and evolution of avian influenza H5N1 viruses from the perspective of pandemic risk; to address various aspects of human H5N1 disease in relation to its epidemiology, clinical presentation, pathogenesis, diagnosis, medical management; and finally to discuss issues relating to pandemic planning and preventive public health measures.
Cost: A$50 for members of APSR or ACCP; A$150 for non-members.
Online registration: apsr2007.org/registration.html or directly with the Congress Secretariat at rebecca@conlog.com.au