“International Symposium on Francisella Tularensis and Tularemia” will be held in Urgup Nevsehir, Turkey between 19 June 2013 and 22 June 2013 by the contributions of Turkish Ministry of Health, International Society of Chemotherapy (Zoonoses Working Group), Erciyes University (Kayseri, Turkey), and Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Speciality Society of TURKEY (EKMUD). The symposium language will be English. There will not be any translation to Turkish and other languages.
The scientific program will include key sessions on all aspects of tularemia including pathogenesis, host response to Francisella, cell biology, ecology, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics. The internationally renowned faculty will present a mixture of plenary, roundtable and meet the- expert sessions. We welcome open abstract submissions on all aspects of tularemia. Accepted abstracts will be presented as oral presentation or poster sessions.
The meeting is designed for infectious disease specialists, microbiologists, epidemiologists, immunologists, and veterinary physicians, all physicians working on public health and others with an interest in tularemia. This meeting will foster the interchange of science and medicine in the context of tularemia. The participants will also have the opportunity to see an interesting part of Central Anatolia, Cappadocia, the area of ancient rocks and caves. I look forward to greeting you in Cappadocia, Turkey.
Mehmet Doganay
On Behalf of Organizing Committee
Date of Symposium
June 19-22, 2013
Symposium Venue
Perissia Hotel and Conventional Center, Urgup- Nevsehir / Turkey ( Cappadocia region of Turkey)
Language of Symposium
Symposium language is English
Organizers
• Turkish Ministry of Health
• International Society of Chemotherapy (Zoonoses Working Group)
• Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Speciality Society of TURKEY
• Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
Honorary Committee
Prof.Dr. Teresita Mazzei (President of International Society of Chemotherapy)
Associate Prof.Turan Buzgan (Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Health, Ankara- Turkey)
Prof. Dr. Fahrettin Kelestemur (Rector, Erciyes University, Kayseri Turkey)
Hakan Leblebicioglu (Head, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Speciality Society of TURKEY, Ankara- Turkey – EKMUD)
President of The Symposium
Mehmet Doganay (E-mail: mdoganay@erciyes.edu.tr)
Department of Infectious Diseases, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey
Symposium Organizing Board
Canan Agalar, (General Secretary of The Society of EKMUD; Turkey)
Mehmet Doganay, Turkey
Hakan Leblebicioglu, Turkey
Georgias Pappas, Greece
Anders Sjostedt, Sweden
Mehmet Ali Torunoglu, (Head of Zoonotic Disease Department, Ministry of Health, Turkey)
Scientific Advisory Board
Amangul Duisenova, Kazakhstan
Aynur Karadenizli, Turkey
Anders Sjostedt, Sweden
Marina Santic, Croatia
Max Maurin, France
Petra Oyston, United Kingdom
Nino Trapaidze, Georgia
Ayse Willke Topcu, Turkey
Local Organizing Committee
Esragul Akinci
Emine Alp
Cemal Bulut
Hayati Demiraslan
Abdullah İnci, (Director, Center of Vectors and Vector – Borne Disease, Erciyes University, Kayseri, TR)
Ozlem Kandemir
Oğuz Karabay
Scientific Secretary
Gokhan Metan (E-mail: gokhanmetan@gmail.com
Department of Infectious Diseases, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey)
Aysegül Ulukılıç (E-mail: draysegululu@yahoo.co.uk
Department of Infectious Diseases, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey)
