Organised by Sciensano, under the auspices of the Belgian Public Health Association (BAPH)

Sciensano organises each year a scientific seminar about “Diagnostic and surveillance of infectious diseases”.

The seminar provides an up-to-date overview of various topics concerning infectious diseases such as surveillance, prevention, treatment and management of epidemics, at national and international level. It is aimed at any healthcare provider with an interest in infectious diseases: microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, hygienists, laboratory technicians, epidemiologists, public health professionnals…

Registration

Registration are closed

Program

08:30 Registration with walking breakfast & visit of stands

Session 1 | Chairs: C. Meex (ULiège) & H. Theeten (Department Zorg) 

09:00  Welcome address

09:05   Invasive bacterial infections surveillance before and after COVID [2] | L. Cuypers, UZLeuven

09:30   Vaccine hesitancy presentation of Belgian data [3] | G. Hendrickx, UAntwerp

09:55   Mpox: evolution of the situation in 2024-2025 [4] | L. Liesenborghs, ITM

10:25   Pertussis: update on microbiological epidemiological situation and maternal vaccination [5] | H. Martini, UZ Brussels & I. Peeters, Sciensano

10:50-11:20  Coffee break & visit of stands

Session 2 | Chairs: M. Mori (Sciensano) & E. Padalko (UGent)

11:20   Bird flu virus in humans and animals: update of the situation [6] | A. Parys, Sciensano

11:45   Air pollution in Europe and its impact on infectious diseases [7] | O. Vandenberg, ULB

12:10   Air sampling for surveillance of respiratory pathogens [8] | C. Geenen, UZ Leuven

12:30-14:00  Lunch and poster session 

Session 3 | Chairs: G. Zorzi (UCLouvain) & W. Mattheus (Sciensano)

14:00   Major Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to egg consumption, Belgium 2024-2025 [9] | W. van Dyck, Sciensano

14:10   Real place of highly multiplex PCR for gastro-intestinal pathogens [10] | M. A. Argudin, UCLouvain

14:35  Emerging threats of vector-borne diseases in Europe and worldwide, what is the risk for Belgium [11] | E. Bottieau, ITM

15:05  Respiratory syncytial virus: Preliminary analysis on the impact of nirsevimab | S. Blumental, ULB & L. De Mot, Sciensano

15:35  Vaccine-derived polio virus 2 detection in wastewater in multiple European cities [12] | K. Hansford, Sciensano

15:45  Closing address and end of seminar

Posters

The power of longitudinal wastewater metagenomics to track genomic and clinical epidemiology of human-associated viruses.pdf [13]

The evolving epidemiology of louse-borne bartonella quintana in Canada.pdf [14]

Setting up a severe acute respiratory infections surveillance based on hospital emergency departments in Luxembourg.pdf [15]

Salmonella spp. as a be.prepared case study for integrating microbial genomic and health data in public health surveillance.pdf [16]

New developments in nanopore metagenomic sequencing for AMR surveillance a case study on fluoroquinolone resistance.pdf [17]

Measles resurgence in Belgium in 2024.pdf [18]

Immunogenicity and safety of reduced-dose versus full-dose mRNA  Covid-19 booster redu-vac a single blind randomized noninferiority trial.pdf [19]

Hotspot or not a comparison of dengue surveillance methods.pdf [20]

First winter season of SARS-CoV-2 influenza and RSV monitoring in Belgian wastewater.pdf [21]

First reported case of type F botulism in Belgium.pdf [22]

Epidemiology and macrolide resistance of mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Belgium and the global context.pdf [23]

Validation of a code-based data collection method in primary care for influenza-like illness surveillance in Belgium protocol.pdf [24]

Untapped potential of wastewater for animal and potentially zoonotic virus surveillance pilot study to detect non-human animal viruses in urban settings.pdf [25]

Data quality assessment of the new infection barometer for general practitioners in Belgium.pdf [26]

Data linkages for improved infectious disease surveillance in Belgium.pdf [27]

Comparative genomic analysis of mRSA strains isolated from human and veterinary samples.pdf [28]

BE-SURVID strengthening surveillance of infectious diseases in Belgium.pdf [29]

Abstract book

Have a look at the abstract book! [30]

Accreditation

Accreditation has been requested for ethics and economics (morning session) and clinical biology (afternoon session). 

Contact

More info? Please contact ssid@sciensano.be [31].

Previous events

2024 Symposium on Infectious Diseases [32]

2023 Symposium on Infectious Diseases [33]

2022 Symposium on Infectious Diseases [34]

2021 Symposium on Infectious Diseases [35]

2019 Symposium on Infectious Diseases [36]

2018 Symposium on Infectious Diseases [37]