Abstract
The 20th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim to3ok place in Shenzhen, China on January 8–9, 2018 followed by meetings of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)/immunology, acute respiratory infections, cancer, hepatitis, and viral diseases panels on January 10–11. The conference was organized as part of the United States-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP) by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and was locally hosted by the Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Institute of Microbiology. The conference provides the basis for networking and fostering of collaboration opportunities between researchers in Southeast Asia and the United States based on the scientific and interactive platform of the USJCMSP and takes place in the region on an annual basis. This report summarizes the discussions and conclusions from the conference.
Highlights
The United States-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP) was formed under a joint communiqué issued by U.S President Lyndon B
Enterovirus 71 (EV71): a talk focused on the EV71 carrying VP1-145E variants, which are mainly responsible for the development of viremia and neuropathogenesis in a non-human primate model
Session 4 focused on vaccines, with seven presentations on the current state and future landscape of vaccine development, technology, promising candidates, and clinical outcomes for prominent viral infectious diseases: Dengue, Zika virus (ZIKV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), influenza virus, hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD), and chikungunya
Summary
The United States-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP) was formed under a joint communiqué issued by U.S President Lyndon B. USJCMSP initially concentrated on cholera, leprosy, parasitic diseases, tuberculosis, and viral diseases, with each of these areas forming a panel that included U.S and Japanese scientists [2–8]. This focus has evolved over time to reflect changing public health issues in the region and the current nine panels concentrate on 1) acute respiratory infections. In 1996, the USJCMSP launched a conference series called the “International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) in the Pacific Rim” that is typically held annually in different countries in the region (Table 1).
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