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Highlights

  • The ninth annual ’European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology’ (ESCAIDE), organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), took place between 11 and 13 November 2015 in Stockholm

  • He described the extensive use of antimicrobial drugs in humans and animals and the consequences on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) development

  • The underlying drivers for AMR are the lack of basic hygiene, a high uncontrolled consumption of antibiotics, and transfer of resistance-conferring molecular elements between animal species, including humans [2]

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Meeting report

Citation style for this article: Sabbatucci M, Jasir A. ESCAIDE 2015: an operational scientific conference on infectious diseases for professionals from Europe and beyond. The ninth annual ’European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology’ (ESCAIDE), organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), took place between 11 and 13 November 2015 in Stockholm. One aim of ESCAIDE is to share applied scientific knowledge on infectious diseases surveillance, prevention and control in Europe and internationally. In 2015, more than 600 public health specialists from 55 countries participated to share their knowledge and experiences on current challenges in the field of infectious diseases. Oral presentations were shared online [1]

The global public health threat of antimicrobial resistance
Social media for public health purposes
Epidemiological investigations for public health protection
Emerging challenges to vaccine programmes
Parallel and poster sessions
ESCAIDE side events
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