Acute Flaccid Myelitis Research Updates

1:00-1:05         Introduction  

1:05-1:30         Viral evolution and epidemiology of EV-D68. Dr. Emma B. Hodcroft, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Bern, Switzerland  

1:30-1:55         Innate immune responses to EV-D68 in airways and gut. Dr. Megan Culler, University of Pittsburg, Department of Pediatrics & Division of Infectious Diseases  

1:55-2:20        Mechanisms of paralysis in AFM, a new understanding. Dr. William Jackson, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Department of Microbiology and Immunology 

2:20-2:45        Monoclonal antibodies in the treatment of ED-D68 infection and AFM. Dr. Matthew Vogt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology 

2:45-3:10        New approaches for immunological and viral diagnosis of enteroviruses. Dr. Bernardo Mainou, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

3:10-3:35        New frontiers for vaccination for EV-D68. Dr. Peter Krug, NIH-NIAID, Bethesda, MD