Wednesday 22nd March

4pm UK time

The Booking for this event has now closed. If you would like to access the on-demand recordings, please email [email protected] 

Join our panel of experts for a free two-hour live webinar on all aspects of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE).

This masterclass is aimed at healthcare professionals of all levels, including medical students, neurologists, epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists, emergency practitioners, travel clinics specialists and nurses who want to discover more about the condition.

There will also be plenty of time for Q&A with each speaker and discussions.

Dr Ava Easton, Chief Executive of the Encephalitis Society, said: “This webinar is for anyone who wants to learn more about TBE. Our speakers have devoted their careers to studying viruses such as this and wanted to share their expertise with colleagues across the world.”

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TBE Masterclass Programme

16.00 WELCOME 

Dr Ava Easton

Encephalitis Society; Dept. of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Liverpool, UK

16.05 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS 

Prof Dr Gerhard Dobler 

National Reference Laboratory for TBE, Bundeswehr Institute of Mikrobiology, München, Germany

16.15 Q&A

16.20 PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIDES IN ADULTS 

Winifred Mercer Pitkin Assistant Professor Kiran Thakur

Columbia University Irving Medical Center, USA

16.30 Q&A

16.35 DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS IN CHILDREN

Dr Åsa Fowler 

Paediatric Emergency Department, Astrid Lindgren Children´s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden

16.45 Q&A

16.50 OUTCOMES AND QUALITY OF LIFE

Dr Ava Easton

Encephalitis Society; Dept. of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Liverpool, UK

17.00 Q&A

17.05 VACCINATION AND TBE

Dr Christian Taucher

Valneva, Austria

17.15 Q&A

17.20 TRAVEL HEALTH AND TBE

Jane Chiodini MBE

Independent Travel Health Specialist Nurse

17.30 Q&A

17.35 DISCUSSION

18.00 CLOSE

This event is kindly sponsored by Bavarian Nordic.

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