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Lyme Disease Association conference, Providence, Rhode Island

October 27, 2018 @ 8:00 am - October 28, 2018 @ 3:00 pm

The Lyme Disease Association announces its 19th annual scientific conference, Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases: Turning the Corner Through Research, will be held October 27 & 28, 2018 in Providence, RI at the landmark Marriott Providence Downtown hotel. Once again, Columbia University jointly provides this educational conference with the LDA.

This conference is designed for medical & health professionals & researchers. The conference is also open for the general public to register. Adults only. Scholarships for conference/transportation available for medical students, residents, post-doctoral candidates, fellows, veterinarians with equivalent status to the above, and nurse practitioner candidates.

Topics of the conference include, phase 1 of a post-mortem study on borrelia & the brain, new treatments for borrelia persisters, biomarkers of Lyme, metabolomic features of chronic illness, small fiber peripheral neuropathy, borrelia immune evasion and persistence, alpha-gal meat allergy, serologic diagnosis of TBD, the invasive longhorn tick in the US, genetic modifications of ticks, babesia treatments, Powassan, cancer research & the diagnosis and treatment of TBD; Borrelia Miyamotoi, prevention strategies and vaccine development; and concurrent TBD case report & literature review.

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Details

Start:
October 27, 2018 @ 8:00 am
End:
October 28, 2018 @ 3:00 pm
Website:
https://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/conference

Venue

Marriott Providence Downtown Hotel
1 Orms Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02904

Organizer

Lyme Disease Association, Inc.
Email:
LDA@LymeDiseaseAssociation.org
Website:
https://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/
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