ZikaPLAN webinar 2
Wednesday March 10, 2021 (13:00 - 16:00 GMT)
Welcome
Prof. Annelies Wilder-Smith - Scientific Coordinator ZikaPLAN, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Sweden
Session launch
Prof. Tom Solomon - Neuro-Zika Work co-leader ZikaPLAN, Chair of the meeting, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Part 1
How it began: the Zika epidemic in Northeast Brazil
Chair: Dr. Fatima Militão - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Brazil
Speakers:
- Dr. Maria Lucia Brito Ferreira - Hospital da Restauração, Brazil
Part 2
Zika virus and the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)
Chairs: Dr. Bart Jacobs - Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Netherlands & Dr. Jim Sejvar - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Speakers:
- Dr. Sonja Leonhard - Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Netherlands
- Prof. Hugh Willison - University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Part 3
Unravelling Congenital Zika Virus syndromes (CZS)
Chair: Dr. Marilia Carvalho - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Brazil
Speakers:
- Prof. Celina Turchi - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Brazil
- Prof. Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho - Universidade de Pernambuco, Brazil
- Dr. Julia Edgar - University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Part 4
Central nervous system disease related to Zika virus
Chair: Dr. Tarun Dua – World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland & Dr. Lyda Osorio - Universidad del Valle, Colombia
Speakers:
- Dr. Suzannah Lant - University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Prof. Dr. Carlos Pardo - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Wrap up
- Prof. Tom Solomon - Chair for the meeting
- Prof. Annelies Wilder Smith - Scientific Coordinator ZikaPLAN