Searching for a vaccine for melioidosis, and Update on the Zika virus epidemic
Melioidosis is a neglected tropical disease caused by the soil-dwelling bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei. Patients present with a range of clinical syndromes including pneumonia, sepsis and abscesses, and the in-hospital mortality is 40% in Thailand. Melioidosis is endemic in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia but it is widespread across the tropics and a recent estimate puts the annual global death toll at 89,000 which is higher than Dengue.

After this talk, Professor Peter Horby will provide an update on the emerging Zika virus infection.
Date: 5 February 2016, 14:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Hilary 2016)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room, Catering provided so please arrive promptly - First come, first served
Speakers: Professor Susanna Dunachie (University of Oxford), Professor Peter Horby (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health
Organiser: Francois Van Loggerenberg (University of Oxford, Tropical Medicine, Green Templeton College)
Organiser contact email address: francois.vanloggerenberg@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Francois van Loggerenberg (The Global Health Network, University of Oxford)
Part of: Tropical Medicine Global Health Seminars
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Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Francois Van Loggerenberg