Berzelius Symposium 110: TBE in clinical practice 2024

Welcome to the Berzelius Symposium 110 – TBE in clinical practice October 4-5 at the Elite Park Avenue Hotel in Gothenburg

Tick-borne encephalitis – Diagnostics, treatment and prevention

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) can be a very severe disease and given the increased incidence in Europe we are seeing the consequences in terms of neurological or neuropsychological sequelae in 30-40% of clinical cases. We lack treatment possibilities and consensus for optimal rehabilitation after the acute phase. Diagnostics are evolving but still not available for all patients. Vaccination is an effective prevention although there are knowledge gaps to fill in how to protect certain groups better.

The aim of this Berzelius symposium, arranged by the Swedish Society of Medicine, is to focus on the clinical aspects of diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of TBE. Weare happy to invite clinicians seeing and diagnosing TBE patients in Europe; primary health care, paediatricians, internal medicine and infectious diseases clinicians, neurologists and microbiologists.

Where: Elite Park Avenue Hotel in Gothenburg
Start: Friday October 4, 2024, at 12.00 with lunch
End: Saturday October 5, 13.00

Key-note speakers:
Daniel Ruzek, Professor of Virology at Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia: Treatment of TBE-infection – where are we now?”
Dace Zavadska, pediatrician and professor at Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia: TBE in children

Scientific committee:
Helena Hervius Askling MD Associate Professor Infectious Diseases, Stockholm, Sweden
Malin Veje MD PhD Infectious Diseases, Gothenburg, Sweden
Marie Studahl MD Professor Infectious Diseases, Gothenburg, Sweden
Marika Nordberg MD PhD Infectious Diseases, Åland, Finland
Markus Kalén MD Infectious Diseases, Eskilstuna, Sweden

Preliminary program

Friday October 4
11.00 – 12.00 Registration
11.30 – 13.00 Lunch together
13.00 – 13.15 Welcome and introduction
13.15 – 14.00 Treatment of TBE-infection – where are we now?
Key-note speaker Professor Daniel Ruzek, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
14.00 – 14.45 Clinical case discussions including rehabilitation (Malin Veje, Marie Studahl, Markus Kalén, Marika Nordberg and Eva Kumlien)
14.45 – 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 – 16.00 Clinical case discussions including rehabilitation
16.00 – 16.30 Radiological aspects Marie Studahl
16.30 – 17.15 Diagnostic challenges and new methods Bo Albinsson
19.00 Dinner

Saturday October 5
08.30 – 09.15 TBE in children
Key-note speaker Professor Dace Zavadska, Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
09.15 – 09.45 Challenges in assessing neuropsychological sequele Marie Eckerström
09.45 – 10.15 Vaccination failure – what is the problem? Sara Gredmark-Russ
10.15 – 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 – 11.15 Prolonging the booster interval? Helena Hervius Askling
11.15 – 11.45 The Åland experience – effect of a national TBE-vaccination program Marika Nordberg
11.45 – 12.00 Closure of meeting/evaluation and planning for future meetings
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch together

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