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The Scientific Committee reviewed the abstracts and it would like thank all of you for your contribution. A number of abstracts have been selected for poster presentations displayed as posters sessions during the conference. The list of accepted authors is available below.

The poster's number will be confirmed by email with your confirmation of registration (2/3 weeks before the conference).

GUIDELINES FOR POSTERS PRESENTATION

The posters size should not exceed 1 meter high by 0.70 meter wide (portrait) and have to be presented in English language. If the size is not respected, it will be not possible to present your poster. Please bring tape or magnets to hold it on the metal poster board (not provided on site).

For any further information concerning your abstract or poster, please contact the Conference secretariat

Abd H. Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Sweden
Vibrio cholerae O139 requires neither capsule nor lipopolysaccharide O side chain to grow inside Acanthamoeba castellanii

Aertsen A. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Using P22 phage to dissect Salmonella typhimurium physiology

Agarwal V. National Institute of Immunology, India
Roughness and surface hydrophobicity promotes C. albicans biofilm associated biomaterial infections

Ahmad M. S. Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
Antimicrobial investigation of organotin(IV) derivatives of 3, 4-Methylenedioxy-6-Nitrophenylpropenoic acid

Ake F. CNRS-AgroParisTech-INRA, France
Role of the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system in the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes

Areschoug T. Lund University, Sweden
Evasion of macrophage scavenger receptor A-mediated recognition by pathogenic streptococci

Ayyaz A. Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, France
The study of pathogenic factors of the entomopathogenic bacterium Serratia marcescens in Drosphila melanogaster.

Bakhshandeh B. University of Tehran, Iran
NOD2 and TLR2 gene polymorphism in cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. tropica infection

Barbagallo M. Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy
Oxidative stress and polyamines in the intracellular pathogen Shigella flexneri

Barreto A. University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
Antibiotic resistance and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among Escherichia coli isolates recovered from healthy children in Portugal.

Barrow E . Oklahoma State Univrsity, USA - Presenting author : Barrow William.
Compound library HTS for new anthrax therapeutics.

Basto A. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
A new expression and purification system for the production of antigens in fusion with the OprI lipoprotein, a TLR ligand

Berredjem H. Badji Mokhtar University, Algeria
BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF BIS-OXAZOLIDINONE PHENYLALANINE AND VALINE DERIVATIVE ON TOXOPLASMA GONDII

Bertoldi I. Novartis vaccines and diagnostics, Italy
Identification of a new iron transporter system among

Bessoles B. CNRS, France
CD4+ invariant NKT cells are involved in antibacterial immunity against Brucella suis through CD1d-dependent but CD4-independent mechanisms

Bougdour A. LAPM, France
Drug-inhibition of HDAC activity: Epigenetic control of cell cycle and differentiation in Apicomplexan parasites

Bourne C. R. Oklahoma State University, USA
Crystal structure of Bacillus anthracis dihydrofolate reductase complexed with a novel dihydropthalazine derivative

Burbutashvili A. Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage,Georgia
Bacteriophage preparation active against antibiotic resistance diarrheal of pathogens

Cabanes D. Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Portugal
Listeria monocytogenes shifts its genome expression towards virulence during infection

Campbell-Valois F.-X. Université de Montréal, Canada
Quantification of the endoplasmic reticulum contribution to phagosome biogenesis

Cavaillès P. UMR 5163, Institut Jean Roget, France
How the Toxo1 locus directs toxoplasmosis outcome

Chen H.-C. Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Germany
Identification of the function of yciGFE operon is required for Salmonella invasion

Disson O. Institut Pasteur, France
Conjugated action of two species-specific invasion proteins for fetoplacental listeriosis

D'Souza S. Pasteur Institute-Scienitific Institute, Belgium
INACTIVATION OF CD4+CD25+ T REGULATORY CELLS INHIBITS EARLY T. GONDII SPECIFIC IL-17 PRODUCTION AND INCREASES INTESTINAL PARASITE BURDEN

El Hammi E. CNRS-Université Paris-Sud XI, France
FLAVOHEMOPROTEINS AS POTENTIAL TARGETS OF ANTIBIOTICS

Ermolaeva S. Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russia
LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES VIRULENCE FACTOR LISTERIOLYSIN O IS INVOLVED IN INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE BACTERIUM AND THE FREE-LIVING PROTOZOAN TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS

Eyangoh S. Centre Pasteur de Yaoundé, Cameroon
Study of risk factors for Buruli ulcer (BU): from research to Awareness-raising campaigns, the experience of Cameroon

Gabriel C. Institut Armand Frappier, Canada
Induction of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps by Leishmania donovani promastigotes

Geetanjali Gupta All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
ELISpot and cytokine levels are markers of cell mediated immunity of antigens of F1 and V of Yersinia pestis

Gil S. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
The low virulent African swine fever virus (ASFV/NH/P68) induces enhanced expression and production of relevant regulatory cytokines (IFN alpha, TNF alpha and IL12p40) on porcine macrophages in comparison to the highly virulent ASFV/L60

Gonzalez-Rabade N. University of Cambridge & St. George's Hospital Medical School, London UK
Immunological analysis of chloroplast-derived HIV-1 antigens

Green L. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis: assessing the role of soluble nitro- and quinone reductases

Greer A. Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Keeping vulnerable children safe from pertussis: preventing nosocomial pertussis transmission in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Guérin V. Hopital Robert Debré, France
T-cell responses associated with protection towards adenovirus in healthy and immunocompromised children

Holt K. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
High throughput genotyping in the bacterial pathogen Salmonella Typhi

Huygen K. Pasteur Institute Brussels, Belgium
Potential of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resuscitation promoting factors as antigens in novel TB sub-unit vaccines.

Igloi Z. University of Leeds, UK
Targeting bacterial membrane sensory proteins for future drug discovery: expression, purification and in vitro activities of intact VicK, the sensor kinase of an essential two-component system of Enterococcus faecalis V583.

Jambou R. The University of Sydney/Institut Pasteur, Australia
Capture of malaria antigens by microvascular endothelial cells induces a Src dependant opening of intercellular junctions

Kapetanovic R. Institut Pasteur, France
Signalization pathways initiated by Staphylococcus aureus are different according to the nature of mononuclear phagocytotic cells.

Khorshidi, A. Accademic University, Iran
Comparison of PCR detection and Culture method in Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated from Tuberculosis patients in Iran

Kim O.Y. Institut Pasteur, France
Detection of circulating peptidoglycan in sepsis and non-infectious systemic inflammation

Krocova Z. Institute Molecular Pathology, Czech Rep.
Activation of signaling pathways in the course of B cell infection with Francisella tularensis

Labruyère E. Institut Pasteur, France
The cysteine protease EhCP-A5 is essential for Entamoeba histolytica invasion and for inducing inflammatory responses in an ex-vivo human colon model.

Larcher T. INRA, France
Central role of macrophages in Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection and persistence in an experimental macaque model

Le Bourhis L. University of Toront, Canada
Role of Nod1 and Nod2 in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection

Leuzzi R. Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Italy
A Vaccine against Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC)

Mara’shian S.M. Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Iran
Evaluating the role of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms on susceptibility to tuberculosis among Iranian patients: a case-control study.

Marteyn B. Imperial College London, UK
Shigella is primed for invasion in anaerobic conditions

Matte C. INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Canada
Inhibition of IFN-gamma-induced STAT1 nuclear translocation by Leishmania donovani amastigotes

Michelacci V. “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy
Identification of genes expressed at the host temperature in S. maltophilia, an emergent pathogen in CF patients.

Mohtashemi M. MIT/MITRE, USA
Empirical evidence for synchrony in the waves of HIV and TB among the San Francisco homeless

Mueller J. Agence de Médecine Préventive, France
A hypothetical model for epidemic meningococcal meningitis in the African meningitis belt

Mutyambizi K. University of Cambridge and Yale University School of Medicine, UK/USA
A Model for Latent Infection in the Gammaherpesviruses

Naït-Abdallah J. CNRS/AgroParisTech/INRA, France
HPr kinase/phosphorylase and PTS proteins: their role in Neisseria meningitidis virulence

Niakan N. Shahed Univesity, Iran
The diagnostic of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions by PCR and magnetic resonance imaging in cervical cancer

Novais R.C. University of State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Molecular inversion probes for sensitive detection of Micobacterium tuberculosis

Philippart F. Institut Pasteur, France
Pulmonary cytokine microenvironment prevent alveolar macrophages to display tolerance to toll-like receptor agonists

Pooneh R. Pasteur institute of Iran, Iran
Characterization of mutations in the VP1 region of Sabin strains types 1 and 2 polioviruses isolated from vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis cases in Iran

Pourshafie M. Pasteur Institute of Iran, Iran
Linkage of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) obtained from wastewater and clinical samples

Pourshafie M.. Pasteur Institute of Iran, Iran
Status of pertussis in Iran from 2006 to 2008

Préhaud C. Institut Pasteur, France
The cytoplasmic tail of the rabies virus G protein contains a molecular signature controlling neuronal death/survival balance.

Rasoolian M. Shiraz University of Medical Science, Iran
Study on leptomonad infection (Leishmania) of sand flies in Shiraz County using Kinetoplast minicircle DNA nested- PCR

Restif O.
University of Cambridge, UK
Modelling the within-host spatiotemporal dynamics of Salmonella enterica.

Rossi R. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Murine embryonic stem cells as a route towards exploring host/pathogen interactions

Rouquet G. INRA, France
An extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli metabolic region involved in host adaptation and virulence genes regulation

Sabeta C. Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, South Africa
Recent isolation of genotype 3 Mokola virus from a domestic cat (Grahamstown, South Africa).

Saikia K. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
A study of invasive and non-invasive Haemophilus influenzae isolates from India – phenotypic and genotypic profiling

Sandström G. Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Survival of Vibrio mimicus and its isogenic luxO mutant in Acanthamoeba castellanii: role of A. castellanii as a simultaneous host for V. mimicus and V. cholerae

Santi-Rocca J. Institut Pasteur, France
Unraveling amoebiasis by the study of the lysine- and glutamic acid-rich protein KERP1

Scalet G. Università di Verona, Italy
Tracking a nosocomial neonatal outbreak of Serratia marcescens: molecular analysis of the involved strains by a semiautomated repetitive-sequence-based polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR) instrument in comparison to pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE).

Schlick P. Intercell AG, Austria
Development of a vaccine candidate to prevent West Nile virus infections

Sebolai O.M. University of the Free State, South Africa
Aspirin-sensitive oxylipin release mechanism in Cryptococcus neoformans

Seridi N. Institut Pasteur d'Algérie, Algeria
Genetic heterogeneity in the species Leishmania infantum revealed by different molecular methods among stocks from immunocompetent patients and dogs in Algeria.

Smirlis D. Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Greece
The leishmanial Ran-GTPase system reveals an atypical Ran network

Smirlis D. Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Greece
Leishmania histone H1 modulates Hsp90 and elongation factor 2 protein levels and induces post-translational modifications in beta-tubulin.

Soteriadou K. Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Greece
Leishmania donovani emergence in Europe: Cyprus evidence is an alarm call

Sousa S. Instituto de Biologia Moleculau e Celular Portugal
New tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins involved in Listeria monocytogenes cellular infection

Van den Bossche V. VIB-Ghent University, Belgium
A vaccine based on the ectodomain of matrix protein 2 of influenza A virus

Wengler G. Justus-Liebig-Universität, Germany
A general host-cell based chemotherapy against all flaviviruses in tissue cultures

White O.J. Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Australia
Immune responses in infants to acellular pertussis vaccine administered at birth

White O.J. University of Western Australia, Australia
Effect of the removal of the 18 month DTaP booster vaccine on IgG titres and injection site reactions following administration of the 4 year old booster vaccine.

Wolff N. Institut Pasteur, France
Molecular basis of viral pathogenicity : interaction of the C-terminus of a Rabies virus glycoprotein with the PDZ domain of host proteins.

Xingi R. Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Greece
Exploitation of GSK-3beta for treating leishmaniasis, a trans-trypanosomatid drug target

Xuan X. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan
Construction of recombinant Neospora caninum expressing TgSAG1 and evaluation of its protective effects against Toxoplasma gondii infection in mice

Yanagihara R. University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Emerging concepts about the evolutionary origins of hantaviruses

Zárate-Bladés C.R. University of São Paulo, Brazil
Successful DNA-immunotherapy of tuberculosis is associated to increased frequency of gamma-delta T cells in lungs