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Program

Venue in Riga Stradiņš University - Dzirciema 16
The keynote talks will be 30 min, invited talks 20 min and normal talks 15 min, all including 2-3 min discussion.

Day 1, Thursday 15.6

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09.00 - 10.00 Registration and exhibition with coffee [Lobby]

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10.00 - 10.15 Welcoming words [Hall -1]

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10.15 - 12.30 SESSION I: Zoonotic viruses

Chairs: Marietjie Venter and William Wilson

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Keynote 1: EMERGING VIRUS PSEUDOTYPES – A ONE VIROLOGY APPROACH
Janet Daly, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

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Keynote 2: ONE WORLD, ONE HEALTH… ONE VIROME                                                Alessandra Scagliarini, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy

 

1. Invited talk: EXPERIMENTAL AND “NATURAL” INFECTION OF SHEEP AND
MOSQUITOES    WITH RIFT VALLEY FEVER PHLEBOVIRUS

William Wilson, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Kansas, USA

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2. IMPORTANCE OF HOST FACTORS DURING ALPHAVIRUS REPLICATION

Tero Ahola, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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3. ROLE OF PRM AND E INTERACTIONS IN VIRUS RELEASE AND CELLULAR TROPISM OF POWASSAN VIRUS

Joyce Jose, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

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4. TICK-BORNE FLAVIVIRUS NS5 ANTAGONIZES INTERFERON SIGNALING BY INHIBITING THE CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF TYK2

Ségolène Gracias, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France.

12.30 - 13.30 LUNCH [RSU cafeteria]

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13:30-15:30 SESSION II: Flaviviruses

Chairs: Richard Kuhn and Shailendra K. Saxena

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Keynote 3: ZIKA VIRUS VACCINE DEVELOPMENT: EXPERIENCE IS NOT PREPAREDNESS
Theodore C Pierson, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), USA

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1. Invited talk: STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF FLAVIVIRUS – ANTIBODY INTERACTIONS

Richard Kuhn, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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2. Invited talk: ACQUISITION OF NORTH AMERICAN TICK-BORNE BANDAVIRUS AND FLAVIVIRUS BY INVASIVE HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS DURING TICK CO-FEEDIN
Meghan Hermance, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, USA

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3. IMPLICATIONS FOR FLAVIVIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID CORE-ENVELOPE GLYCOPROTEIN INTERACTIONS

Conrrad Nicholls, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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4. THE SLIPPERY SLOPE: HOW METABOLISM CONTROLS VIRUS-HOST INTERACTIONS AND PATHOGENESIS

Rushika Perera, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

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5 EMERGENCE OF DENGUE VIRUS IN THE SAVANNA REGION, KANO, NORTHWESTERN NIGERIA

Lawal Dahiru Rogo, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria

15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break and exhibition 

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16.00 - 18.50 SESSION III: Human DNA viruses

Chairs:  Maria Söderlund-Venermo and Modra Murovska

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Keynote 4: MECHANISMS OF HERPESVIRAL CAPSID MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT THROUGH THE CHROMATIN LABYRINTH
Maija Vihinen-Ranta, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

 

Keynote 5: FROM THE RESPIRATORY TRACT TO THE BONE MARROW AND BEYOND. RECEPTOR SWITCHING AS PARVOVIRUS INVASION STRATEGY

Carlos Ros, University of Bern, Switzerland

 

1. PERSISTENT PARVOVIRUSES IN HUMAN TISSUES

Maria Söderlund-Venermo, University of Helsinki, Finland

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2. SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION WITH HIGH PREVALENCE AND ACTIVITY OF CUTAVIRUS IN PARAPSORIASIS SKIN

Ushanandini Mohanraj, University of Helsinki, Finland

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3. JC POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION AND REPLICATION IN HUMAN IPS CELL-DERIVED GLIAL CELLS INDEPENDENT OF SV40 T ANTIGEN

Zhiping Chen, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

 

4. ROLE OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS AND VACCINATION: A WEB-BASED SURVEY

Angelika KrÅ«miņa, RÄ«ga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia

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5. PRESENCE OF HUMAN HERPESVIRUSES INFECTION MARKERS IN HOSPITALIZED COVID-19 PATIENTS IN LATVIA

Anda Vilmane, RÄ«ga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia    

          

6. OCCURRENCE OF HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-6A/B AND HUMAN HERPESVIRUS -7 IN MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS/CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

Santa Rasa-Dzelzkaleja, RÄ«ga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia            

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7. EBV INFECTION PROMOTES MIGRATION OF THE HOST B CELLS VIA UP-REGULATION OF THE INFLAMMATORY CHEMOKINE RECEPTORS CCR1 AND CCR2

Irina Holodnuka Kholodnyuk, Institute of Microbiology and Virology, RÄ«ga Stradiņš University, Latvia

19.00 - 21.00 Welcome Reception

WSV2023 Full Program

Immerse yourself in the forefront of virology through captivating sessions, interactive workshops, and poster presentations at the highly anticipated World Society for Virology Conference 2023.

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