Targeting Tick-Borne Diseases 2014

Key Topics

• Antibodies to Endothelial Cell Growth Factor and Obliterative Microvascular Lesions in Synovia of Patients with Antibiotic-Refractory Lyme Arthritis
• Bacterial and Viral Co-Infections in Wisconsin Tick Population
• Performance of United States Serologic Assays in the Diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis Acquired in Europe
• Next Generation Diagnostic Test for Lyme Disease
• Assessment of New Culture Method for Detectionof Borrelia Species from Serum of Lyme Disease Patients
• Sensitive Multiplex PCR Assay to Detect Lyme Spirochetes, Anaplasmaphagocytophilum and Babesiamicroti
• Topical and Non-Topical Treatment of Lyme disease Shortly after a Tick Bite
• Old Tricks and New Trends in Diagnosis of Rickettsial Diseases: From the Lab Bench to the Bedside
• Reservoir Targeted Protective Immunization against Lyme Disease (B. burgdorferi) Transmission in Miceby Oral Bait Containing ExpressTec-Made Fusion Protein Antigen