Tick-Borne disease conference in the UK

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Fourth UK Conference On Tick – Borne Diseases, June 17-18.

Speakers include Dr Vance Spence from MERGE and Dr .

http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/conference/prog05.htm

Sheffield Conference June 2005 - Programme Fourth UK Conference On

Tick – Borne Diseases

17–18 June 2005

Halifax Hall, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U. K.

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Presented by the Registered Charity, 'Lyme Disease Action'

Lyme Disease Action's first three UK Conferences on Tick-Borne

Diseases, held in 2001, 2003 and 2004, have resulted in a

considerable improvement in the understanding and treatment of many

previously thought to be `mysterious' conditions. Research continues

with increasing pace and urgency. Once again, the registered

charity, Lyme Disease Action, will bring together medical staff,

academic researchers, and patients who suffer from vector-borne

diseases, especially tick-borne diseases, contracted within the UK

and Europe.

The medical and scientific presentations will be made over a two day

period. Practical demonstrations and poster presentations will be on

display in the side room and also form part of the conference. Many

medical professionals, patients and carers are now being given the

opportunity to learn about these debilitating diseases.

Provisional Programme

Friday 17 June 2005

8.30am Registration

9:00 Dr. Owen, Chair of the Meeting. Introductory talk.

Seminal papers on Lyme Disease.

9:30 Dr . 'Is CFS a Bacterial Illness'.

10:00 Dr Jo Anne Whitaker. Neurological Aspects of Borrelia

burgdorferi infections.

10:45 Dr Beata Wodecka. RNA polymerase gene (rpoB) as RFLP marker

for identification of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies

isolated from blood of patients suspected to have borreliosis.

11:15 Coffee break

11:45 Dr Joe Jemsek of Jemsek Clinic, N. Carolina. Keynote Speaker.

Lyme Borreliosis Complex, a comprehensive approach to a

multisystemic illness. This promises to be a fascinating

presentation from one of the key clinicians in the USA.

12:30 Question session with Dr. ph Jemsek, Dr Owen, Dr

, Dr Jo Anne Whitaker and Dr. Beata Wodecka

1:00 Lunch – Buffet provided.

2:00 Dr Bela Bozsik. `Telling the truth based on Data with Darkfield

Microscopy.' This talk relates to the diagnosis of Borrelia

burgdorferi.

2:45 Dr Milton Wainwright. Recent microbiological work at the

University of Sheffield.

3:30 Dr. Lida Mattman. The historical context of stealth pathogens.

What is known.

4:15 Tea Break

4:45 Dr. Owen. Summary of the Day and Outline Saturday 18th

June.

5:00 - 5:30 Experimental session with Dr. Bela Bozsik, Dr. Mattman

and Dr. Wainwright Microscopic phenomena associated with

Borreliosis. A chance for a closer look.

7.45 for 8.00pm, Conference Dinner, waitress service. All welcome.

Places bookable, please see our online booking link at base of the

page.

Saturday 18 June

8:30am Registration desk reopens

9:00 Dr Gaito, Autoimmune aspects of presentations of Lyme

Disease from a New Jersey practice. Differences and similarities

between USA and UK presentations.

9:45 Dr Katarzyna Gustaw, `Borreliosis and the Nervous system.

Differential diagnosis and possibilities for treatment'

10:30 Coffee.

10:45 Dr Vance Spence, Cellular Apoptosis in a Population of ME/CFS

patients and other groups of patients. Implications for covert

infection.

11.30 Dr. Lida Mattman. Dr. Mattman's current work

12.00 Dr Bela Bozsik. Combined antibiotic treatment of Lyme

borreliosis.

12.20 Dr - Lyme borreliosis

12.40 Questions to Dr. Gaito, Dr. Gustaw, Dr. Spence, Dr. Mattman,

Dr. Bozsik and Dr. .

1.00 Lunch – Buffet provided.

1:45 Grand Plenary Session. Your chance to ask about Lyme

borreliosis.

All speakers.

2.30 Dr. Owen. Concluding remarks.

End of the formal session for Conference attendees and CPD attendees.

2:45 Tea and Cakes for those that wish.

2:50 Lyme Disease Action – AGM (voting members only). An agenda has

been circulated in advance.

3.00 – 3.45 Dr. Trevor Marshall " Why the L-form bacteria can evade

the immune system, and how the Marshall Protocol helps the immune

system kill them "

Bookings may be made via our online booking system.

http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/booking/booking.shtml

Conference information can be found on our FAQ page.

http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/conference/faq.htm

Prices can be found on our prices page

http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/conference/prices.htm

The charity Lyme Disease Action (which is concerned with all types

of Lyme borreliosis and other borrelioses that affect the UK and

Europe) has started a Research Appeal and the charity has a Research

Fund already started. The first piece of work we are looking at is a

study aimed at confirming the findings reported at this conference

in patients with a variety of mysterious conditions of unknown

aetiology. Work has already started on this subject at the

University of Sheffield.

To make a donation to support this conference and the work of LDA,

please click here. http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/donations.htm

Lyme Disease Action, Registered Charity Number 1100448, Registered

Company Number 4839410

Conference Flyer:

http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/conference/flyer.htm

Contact Info: http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/contact.htm