Sciensano organises each year a scientific seminar about infectious diseases. The focus of this event is on surveillance, prevention, treatment and epidemics’ management.

Have a look at the  abstractbook_-_symposium_infectious_diseases_2022.pdf [2].

Programme 

08:30 Registration with walking breakfast & visit of stands

Session 1 | Chairs: Boudewijn Catry (Sciensano) & Denis Pierard (VUB)

09:15 Welcome address

09:30  A look_at_some_useful_antibiotics_currently_not_available_or_recently_approved_for_use_in_belgium_part_1.pdf [3] | Rakan Nasreddine (ULB) &  a_look_at_some_useful_antibiotics_currently_not_available_or_recently_approved_for_use_in_belgium_part_2.pdf [4]Hugues Malonne (FAGG/AFMPS)

10:00  bigger_and_better_-_impact_of_clinical_laboratory_consolidation_on_infectious_diseases_surveillance_in_the_future_.pdf [5] | Olivier Vandenberg (LHUB-ULB) 

10:25  Trends_of_influenza_virus_and_other_respiratory_viruses_during_covid_pandemic.pdf [6] |Nathalie Bossuyt (Sciensano) 

10:45  update_on_pre-exposure_prophylaxis_for_hiv_in_belgium.pdf [7]| Jessika Deblonde (Sciensano)

11:10-11:40 Coffee break & visit of stands

Session 2 | Chairs: Emmanuel André (UZ Leuven) & Steven Van Gucht (Sciensano)

11:40  covid-19_vaccine_surveillance_in_belgium_-_the_link-vacc_project.pdf [8] | Joris Van Loenhout (Sciensano)

12:05  lessons_learned_from_covid_comissariat.pdf [9]| Pedro Facon (covid commissariat)

12:30  wastewater_surveillance_of_sars-cov-2_results_and_perspectives.pdf [10] | Marie Lesenfants & Raphaël Janssens (Sciensano)

13:00-14:10 Lunch

Session 3 | Chairs: Pierette Melin (ULiège) & Naïma Hammami (Agentschap Zorg and Gezondheid)

14:10  investigation_of_an_international_outbreak_of_monophasic_salmonella_typhimurium.pdf [11] | Dieter Van Cauteren (Sciensano)

14:25  reporting_of_infectious_pathologies_in_the_province_of_liege_after_the_flood_disaster_of_15_july_2021.pdf [12] |Tiffany Dierinck (AVIQ)

14:50  past_present_and_future_of_anti-pneumococcal_vaccines.pdf [13]| Sophie Blumental (ULB)

15:15  the_meaning_of_self-testing.pdf [14] | Elizaveta Padalko (UZ Gent) 

15:35  drug_resistant_shigella_sonnei_infections_in_msm.pdf [15] |Pieter-Jan Ceyssens (Sciensano)

15:45 Closing address and end of seminar

Scientific posters 

A. Deplano (LHUB-ULB) | 

Lize Cuypers (University Hospitals Leuven) |  reduction_in_serotype_19a_invasive_pneumococcal_disease_in_youngest_children_in_the_second_year_post_re-switch_from_pcv10_to_pcv13_in_belgium.pdf [16]

Lize Cuypers (University Hospitals Leuven) |  detailed_molecular_typing_of_enterovirus_positive_samples_for_the_years_2020_and_2021_confirms_enterovirus_species_b_as_most_prevalent_species_in_belgium.pdf [17]

Lize Cuypers (University Hospitals Leuven) |  nationwide_harmonization_effort_for_semi-quantitative_reporting_of_sars-cov-2_pcr_test_results_in_belgium.pdf [18]

Lize Cuypers (University Hospitals Leuven) |  epidemiological_surveillance_of_hantaviruses_in_the_years_2020_and_2021.pdf [19]

Lize Cuypers (University Hospitals Leuven) |  an_increase_in_g2-genotype_rotavirus_strains_among_positive_cases_typed_at_the_national_reference_centre_uz-ku_leuven_for_the_seasons_2019-2020_and_2020-2021.pdf [20]

Helena Martini (VUB) | 

Sara Dequeker (Sciensano) |  the_impact_of_the_covid-19_pandemic_on_the_infection_prevention_and_control_programmes_in_belgian_acute_care_hospitals.pdf [21]

M.S. van Kleef (University Hospital Antwerp) |  performance_of_gradient_strip_tests_for_detection_of_vancomycin_resistance_in_enterococci.pdf [22]

Sara Dequeker (Sciensano) |  effect_of_covid-19_vaccination_campaign_in_belgian_nursing_homes_on_covid-19_cases_hospital_admissions_and_deaths_among_residents.pdf [23]

Amber Van Laer (Sciensano) |  towards_a_new_hera_preparedness_for_outbreak_detection_and_response.pdf [24]

Charlotte Peeters (LM-UGent) |  polyclonal_burkholderia_cepacia_outbreak_originating_from_contaminated_wash_gloves.pdf [25]

Evelyne Huyghea (ZNA) |  usefulness_of_systematic_molecular_influenza_screening_in_patients_admitted_to_the_hospital_during_an_epidemic_wave_positivity_ratios_and_viral_loads_according_to_symptomatology.pdf [26]

Charlotte Michel (Laboratoires des Hôpitaux Universitaires de Bruxelles) |  legionnaires_disease_cases_by_the_national_reference_centre_-_a_ten-year_retrospective.pdf [27]

human_botulism_belgium_nrc_data_10_years_observation.pdf [28]

Bavo Verhaegen (Sciensano) |  molecular_characterization_of_human_pathogenic_norovirus_circulating_in_belgium_10_years_of_systematic_molecular_surveillance_data.pdf [29]

Sema Unal (Laboratoires des Hôpitaux Universitaires de Bruxelles) | monitoring_of_haemophilus_influenzae_strains_isolated_from_both_carriage_and_lower_respiratory_tract_infections_-_preliminary_results.pdf [30]

I. De Baetselier (ITM) |  sexually_transmitted_infections_may_become_untreatable_in_the_near_future_status_of_antimicrobial_resistance_of_neisseria_gonorrhoeae_and_mycoplasma_genitalium_in_belgium.pdf [31]

Javiera Rebolledo (Sciensano) |  monitoring_of_exotic_mosquitoes_in_belgium_-_the_citizen_surveillance_component.pdf [32]

J. Carrico (RTI Health Solutions) |  economic_evaluation_of_the_pediatric_immunization_program_in_belgium.pdf [33]

Inscription

Registrations are closed.

Previous events

2021 Symposium on Infectious Diseases [34]

2019 Symposium on Infectious Diseases [35]

2018 Symposium on Infectious Diseases [36]