Sheffield Conference June 2005 - Programme

Fourth UK Conference
On
Tick – Borne Diseases

17–18 June 2005
Halifax Hall
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, U.K.

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.

Programme

Friday 17 June 2005

8.30am Registration

9:00 Dr. David Owen, Chair of the Meeting. Introductory talk. Seminal papers on Lyme Disease.

9:30 Dr Andrew Wright. 'Is CFS a Bacterial Illness' and 'The role of multiarray PCR in microbiological research'.

10:45 Dr Beata Wodecka 'Flagellin gene (flaB) as RFLP marker for the identification of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies isolated from the blood of patients suspected of having 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 Q&A with the morning speakers.

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.

3:30 Tea Break

4:00 Helen Giles, 'The positive outcomes of heavy antibiotic dosing on Neuroborreliosis - a patient's perspective' .

4:15 Dr. David Owen. Summary of the Day and Outline Saturday 18^th June.

4:20 Blood microscopy with Dr. Marie Kroun, Dr. Bela Bozsik, Dr. Wright and Dr. Milton Wainwright. 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 Katarzyna Gustaw, ‘Borreliosis and the Nervous system. Differential diagnosis and possibilities for treatment’

9:45 Dr Vance Spence, Cellular Apoptosis in a Population of ME/CFS patients and other groups of patients. Implications for covert infection.

10:30 Coffee.

10.45 Dr Bela Bozsik. Combined antibiotic treatment of Lyme borreliosis.

11.30 Dr. David Owen. Approaches to the management of Lyme disease in practice.

12:00 Dr Joe Jemsek Dr. Jemsek's Concluding Address. Co-Existing conditions - Co-infections and Co-morbidities.

12.40 Q&A with the morning speakers.

1.00 Lunch – Buffet provided.

2:00 Dr Milton Wainwright, Studies on the isolation of bacteria from blood of ME/CFS patients.

2.30 Dr. David Owen. Chairman's final remarks.

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 practical session.
Dr. Marie Kroun, Dr. Andy Wright and Dr. Bela Bozsik continuing to examine blood and demonstrate findings about the illness.

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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.