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

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

Kristina T Lu  1 , Takuya Yamamoto  2 , David McDonald  1 , Wei Li  3 , Marissa Tan  4 , Meng Ling Moi  5 , Eun-Chung Park  1 , Kumiko Yoshimatsu  6 , Marie Ricciardone  7 , Allan Hildesheim  7 , Yukari Totsuka  8 , Asuka Nanbo  5 , Opass Putcharoen  9 , Gompol Suwanpimolkul  9 , Watsamon Jantarabenjakul  9 , Leilani Paitoonpong  9 , F Gray Handley  1 , K Gayle Bernabe  1 , Masahiko Noda  10 , Miwa Sonoda  10 , Patrick Brennan  11 , Diane E Griffin  12 , Ichiro Kurane  13
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U.S.-Japan cooperative medical sciences program: 22nd International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim

Kristina T Lu et al. Virology. 2021 Mar.

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.

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Shimao-Takeda lecturer Usa Thisyakorn from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand receiving a commemorative certificate from Ichiro Kurane, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan.
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La Montagne-Heilman lecturer Erica Ollmann Saphire from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology, California USA receiving a commemorative certificate from Gray Handley, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, USA.
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