U.S.-Japan cooperative medical sciences program: 22nd International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim

Kristina T Lu; Takuya Yamamoto; David McDonald; Wei Li; Marissa Tan; Meng Ling Moi; Eun-Chung Park; Kumiko Yoshimatsu; Marie Ricciardone; Allan Hildesheim; Yukari Totsuka; Asuka Nanbo; Opass Putcharoen; Gompol Suwanpimolkul; Watsamon Jantarabenjakul; Leilani Paitoonpong; F Gray Handley; K Gayle Bernabe; Masahiko Noda; Miwa Sonoda; Patrick Brennan; Diane E Griffin; Ichiro Kurane

doi:10.1016/j.virol.2020.12.012

U.S.-Japan cooperative medical sciences program: 22nd International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim

Virology. 2021 Mar:555:71-77. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2020.12.012. Epub 2020 Dec 30.

Authors

Kristina T Lu¹, Takuya Yamamoto², David McDonald¹, Wei Li³, Marissa Tan⁴, Meng Ling Moi⁵, Eun-Chung Park¹, Kumiko Yoshimatsu⁶, Marie Ricciardone⁷, Allan Hildesheim⁷, Yukari Totsuka⁸, Asuka Nanbo⁵, Opass Putcharoen⁹, Gompol Suwanpimolkul⁹, Watsamon Jantarabenjakul⁹, Leilani Paitoonpong⁹, F Gray Handley¹, K Gayle Bernabe¹, Masahiko Noda¹⁰, Miwa Sonoda¹⁰, Patrick Brennan¹¹, Diane E Griffin¹², Ichiro Kurane¹³

Affiliations

¹ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, USA.
² National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Japan.
³ Toho University, Japan.
⁴ Johns Hopkins University, USA.
⁵ Nagasaki University, Japan.
⁶ Hokkaido University, Japan.
⁷ National Cancer Institute, USA.
⁸ National Cancer Center, Japan.
⁹ Emerging Infectious Diseases Clinical Center, Thai Red Cross, Thailand.
¹⁰ Japan Agency of Medical Research and Development, Japan.
¹¹ Colorado State University, USA.
¹² Johns Hopkins University, USA. Electronic address: dgriffi6@jhu.edu.
¹³ National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.

Abstract

This review summarizes the presentations given at the 22nd International conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim. The purpose of this annual meeting is to foster international collaborations and address important public health issues in the Asia-Pacific region. This meeting was held in Bangkok in February 2020 and focused on emerging virus infections. Unexpectedly, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was in the initial stages leading to a special session on COVID-19 in addition to talks on dengue, influenza, hepatitis, AIDS, Zika, chikungunya, rabies, cervical cancer and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Keywords: Arboviruses; COVID-19; Cancer viruses; Emerging viruses; Hepatitis; Vaccines; Zoonotic viruses.

Publication types

Congress
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Asia
COVID-19
Communicable Diseases, Emerging*
Global Health*
Humans
International Cooperation*
Japan
Oceania
United States

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