Infectious Diseases 2015 Past Conference Report

Sensing the raising importance of Infectious Diseases prevention, control, treatment and cure, OMICS International hosted the World Congress on Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases 2015), scheduled from August 10-12, 2015 in London, UK with a theme “Novel technologies and innovations for prevention and treatment of "infectious diseases”.  The conference was successful in gathering eminent speakers from various reputed organizations and their paramount talks enlightened the gathering.

The pragmatic meet organized by OMICS International received generous response from the Editorial Board Members of OMICS International Journals as well as expertise from academia, talented researchers and young student community. Researchers and students who attended from different parts of the world made the conference one of the most successful and productive events in 2015 from OMICS International. The conference was marked with the presence of renowned Speakers, Young Researchers, Students and Business Delegates driving the three day event into the path of success with thought provoking keynote and plenary presentations.

The meeting was carried out through various sessions, in which the discussions were held on the following thought provoking and cerebrating scientific tracks:

• Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence
• Immunology of Infections
• Mechanism of Resistance
• Noscomial Infections
• Infectious Diseases in Animals
• Rapid Assessment Diagnostic Methods
• Therapeutic Agents and Therapeutic Measures
• Ebola and Current Research
• Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-emerging diseases
• Plant Disease Modelling and Parameter Estimation  
• Ebola and Current Research
• Common Infectious Diseases
• Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy
• Tropical Infectious Diseases
• Communicable and Contagious Infectious Diseases
• Public Awareness

Infectious Diseases 2015 Proceedings

• Key Note Forum
• Tracks
• Posters and Accepted Abstracts

The conference was embarked with an opening ceremony followed by Keynote presentations, Special session, Workshop and a series of lectures delivered by both Honourable Guests and members of the Keynote forum. The adepts who promulgated the theme with their exquisite talk were:

1. Moderators

• Dr. Stef Stienstra, Dutch Armed Forces / Royal Dutch Navy, Netherlands
• Dr. Ashok Kapse, Mahavir Super Specialty Hospital, India           

2. Session Chairs

• Dr. Lucian Visan, Sanofi Pasteur, France
• Dr. Pietro Mastroeni, University of Cambridge, UK
• Dr. Stef Stienstra, Dutch Armed Forces / Royal Dutch Navy, Netherlands
• Dr. Marcio José Poças Fonseca, University of Brasilia, Brazil
• Dr. Irina Magdalena Dumitru, Ovidius University Constanta, Romania
• Dr. Amr Hussein Mahmoud Ismail, Cairo University, Egypt

3. Poster Judges

• Dr. Marcio José Poças Fonseca, University of Brasilia, Brazil
• Dr. M. Khalid Ijaz, RB, USA
• Dr. Amr Hussein Mahmoud Ismail, Cairo University, Egypt
• Dr. Fernanda De Freitas Anibal, University of São Paulo, Brazil

4. Keynote Presentations

• Dr. M. Khalid Ijaz, RB, USA
• Dr. Guido Norbiato, University Hospital L. Sacco, Italy
• Dr. Stef Stienstra, Dutch Armed Forces / Royal Dutch Navy, Netherlands
• Dr. Janet Hammond, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Switzerland
• Dr. Ashok Kapse, Mahavir Super Specialty Hospital, India

5. Special Session

• Dr. Irina Magdalena Dumitru, Ovidius University Constanta, Romania
• Dr. Stef Stienstra, Dutch Armed Forces / Royal Dutch Navy, Netherlands

6. Workshop 

• Title: “The threat of zoonotic diseases and Ebola virus disease specifically”                                          Dr. Stef Stienstra, Dutch Armed Forces / Royal Dutch Navy, Netherlands

7. Young Researchers Forum

• Title: “Phylogenetic and phylogeographic mapping of the avian coronavirus in wild and synanthropic birds” Ricardo Durães-Carvalho, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• Title: “The promising rule of neutrophil cd64 as an early diagnostic and prognostic marker in neonatal sepsis”                                                                                                                                                       Shereen Ahmed El Masry, Ain Shams University, Egypt
• Title: “The predictive and prognostic values of neutrophil cd64, neutrophil cd11b, monocyte cd14 and presepsin in neonatal sepsis”                                                                                                                       Heba Ezzat Hashem, Ain Shams University, Egypt
• Title: “Irrational antibiotics prescribing behaviour of physicians in Taiwan”                                                 Usman Iqbal, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
• Title: “Quality of life amongst HIV and tuberculosis patients”                                                                Anshu Kumar Jha, Kasturba Medical College, India

8. Best Poster Awards

• Title: Lipid-based nanoformulations of antimicrobial peptides to treat bacterial infectious diseases               Matougui Nada, University of Angers, France
• Title: Prevalence of specific H.pylori genotypes cagA, vacA, iceA, ureC in Central Gujarat and its clinical relevance in the patients with acid-peptic diseases                                                                                          Himani B. Pandya, S.B.K.S Medical College, India

9. Best Young Researcher Award

• Title: “The promising rule of neutrophil cd64 as an early diagnostic and prognostic marker in neonatal sepsis”                                                                                                                                                      Shereen Ahmed El Masry, Ain Shams University, Egypt

OMICS International offers its heartfelt appreciation to Societies and Organizations, Organizing Committee Members, adepts of field, various outside experts, company representatives and other eminent personalities who interlaced with OMICS International in supporting and making the conference a grandiose event.

Your rejoinder is our inspiration, keeping this motto in mind and being witnessed the triumph of Infectious Diseases 2015, OMICS International is delighted to announce the next event, "2^nd World Congress on Infectious Diseases" to be held during August 24-26, 2016 Philadelphia, USA.

Let us meet again @ Infectious Disease 2016