Abstract
The Sixth Annual Conference on New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases was hosted April 24–25, 2003, by the Center for Zoonoses Research and the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). The conference featured seven speakers and 27 poster presentations.
Highlights
The Sixth Annual Conference on New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases was hosted April 24–25, 2003, by the Center for Zoonoses Research and the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
West Nile Virus and Geographic Information Systems. Since it was first detected in New York City in 1999, West Nile virus (WNV) has spread from coast to coast and has been found in 43 states from Maine to California
Guptill (U.S Geological Survey, Reston, VA) reported that the U.S Geological Survey is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to learn the current geographic extent of WNV
Summary
The Sixth Annual Conference on New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases was hosted April 24–25, 2003, by the Center for Zoonoses Research and the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Joanna Shisler (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [UIUC], Urbana) reported that the modified virus, Ankara, activates nuclear factor κB through the mitogen-activated protein kinase, extracellular signal–regulated kinase (MEK)/ERK extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK) pathway, possibly facilitating the host immune response. This virus was used to vaccinate 100,000 people, with no reported complications, at the end of the global smallpox vaccination campaign led by the World Health Organization in the 1970s
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