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45th symposium

RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, FROM BABIES TO OLDIES

• Bordetella pertussis.

  • Epidemiology and diagnostic tools in Belgium. [Denis PIERARD (UZ Brussel, Brussels)]
  • Pertussis vaccination: which vaccines, which vaccination scheme? [Anne MALFROOT (UZ Brussel, Brussels)]
  • Why do we see so much pertussis despite vaccination? [Marjolein VAN GENT (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Bilthoven, the Netherlands)]
  • Vaccination in pregnancy: from research to practice. [Elke LEURIDAN, UA, Antwerp]

• Pneumococcal infections.

  • Impact of vaccination on the epidemiology in children. [Martine SABBE (WIV, Brussels)]
  • Impact of vaccination on the epidemiology in adults. [Jan VERHAEGEN (UZ Leuven, Leuven)]
  • Diagnostic Issues. [Greet IEVEN (UZ Antwerpen, Antwerp)]

• Respiratory viruses.

  • Epidemiology of respiratory viruses in all age groups. [Marijke REYNDERS (AZ Sint-Jan, Bruges)]
  • Impact of virology multiplex testing on clinical management. [Michèle GERARD (UMC Sint-Pieter - CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels)]
  • Is it time for flu vaccination in children? [David TUERLINCKX (CHU Dinant Godinne, Yvoir)]

• Oral presentations based on selected abstracts.

  • Clinical evaluation of a multi-parameter customised respiratory TaqMan array card compared to conevntional methods in immunocmpromised patients. [Deborah STEENSELS (Hôpital Erasme - ULB, Brussels)]
  • Hospitalisations due to pneumococcal infections in Belgium: a nationwide database study 2000-2012. [Elise MENDES DA COSTA (WIV - ISP, Brussels)]