Are You Ready for Vancouver?
On behalf of the Scientific Program Committee it is my great pleasure to welcome you to attend the 10th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine in beautiful British Columbia, Canada May 20-24th 2007.
This meeting represents an important milestone for our society and to celebrate this landmark our Committee has worked diligently to put together a fantastic array of exciting and topical plenaries, symposia, workshops and debates covering all aspects of travel and migration medicine.
These include:
- Medicine at the Extremes (altitude, diving and polar travel)
- Epidemic and pandemic viral diseases
- Migration and the Big 3 (HIV, Malaria and TB)
- Vaccines: closer than the horizon (flavivirus, malaria and travellers diarrhea vaccines)
- Women and Adventure Travel
- Travel, Blood and Sex
- Visiting Friends and Relatives
- Risk and Reduction
- Rabies Update
- Arthropod Borne Disease - the insects view
- Artemisinins and malaria
- When Nature bites back: shark, primate and bear attacks
Furthermore, due to a great response from our membership, we have also compiled their abstract submissions into a fabulous selection of high quality oral and poster presentations featuring the latest clinical studies and treatment trials related to travel, tropical and migration medicine.
Some highlights include:
- Artemether/Lumefantrine in the Treatment of Acute, Uncomplicated P. Falciparum Malaria in Non-Immune Travellers: An Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetic Study.
- Malaria from Latin America: Declining Local Transmission and Risk of Travel Associated Malaria. Are Current Guidelines Appropriate?
- Safety and Tolerability of the Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine IC51. A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Phase 3 Study.
- A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Phase Ia Malaria Vaccine Trial of Two Virosome-Formulated Synthetic Peptides (AMA-1 and CSP) in Healthy Adult Caucasian Volunteers.
- Children Travellers Morbidity - Prospective Controlled Cohort Study.
- Visiting Friends and Relatives - An Asian Airport Survey.
- Risks of Hepatitis B for Travelers. Is Vaccination for All Travelers Really Necessary?
- The Impact of International Travel on the Spread of Poliomyelitis 2003-2006.
- Are Travelers with Children Better Prepared? Pre-Travel Health Preparation among U.S Residents Traveling to India.
- Clinical Features of Patients with Severe Altitude Illness in Nepal.
- Mortality of Travelers from Japan, Europe, Australia and U.S.A. in Nepal from 1996 to 2005.
- A Review of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the UK Armed Forces (2005-2006).
- US Citizen Pediatric and Young Adult Deaths Abroad.
On behalf of the scientific chairs and our entire Committee, we wish to express our sincere thanks to the membership for their fantastic support and essential contributions to the scientific content of this meeting. We look forward to seeing you in Vancouver!
Warm wishes,
Kevin C. Kain
Chair, Scientific Committee
Herwig Kollaritsch
Co-Chair, Scientific Committee
