Wednesday, 18th October 20th Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases 2017

• Lessons from the Stop Rheumatic Heart Disease A.S.A.P. Programme - Bongani Mayosi

Proudly Sponsored by

• A spoon full of sugar: Understanding the role of host glycan recognition in GAS infection - Martina Sanderson-Smith
• Evaluation of the New Zealand Rheumatic Fever Prevention Programme – Updated Analysis - Susan Jack
• And the Enterococci begat the Streptococci: Tracing the ultimate origin of the streptococci to the terrestrialization of animals >425 MYA - Michael S Gilmore

Proudly Co-Sponsored by

• Group A Strep skin infection and Rheumatic Heart Disease in indigenous NZ children - Lance O'Sullivan
• A Sustainable Approach to the Prevention and Control of Rheumatic Heart Disease in the Fiji Islands - Joseph Kado
• Our stepped-wedge, community randomised trial to improve secondary prophylaxis delivery for Aboriginal people with acute rheumatic fever (ARF)/rheumatic heart disease (RHD) did not achieve intended outcomes… Why? - Alice Mitchell
• The Fiji rheumatic fever information system innovation to strengthen disease control - Laisiana Matatolu
• Reducing rheumatic fever in New Zealand through a multi-faceted, comprehensive prevention programme - Niki Stefanogiannis
• Rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy: cardiac outcomes in the New Zealand AMOSS cohort. - Briar Peat

• Group A Streptococcus, A Master At Turning Its Host Against Itself - P. Patrick Cleary
• Toll-like receptor 2-and 4-mediated reciprocal Th17 and antibody responses to group A streptococcus infection - Beinan Wang
• LL-37 cleavage by the Group A streptococcus CXC chemokine protease eliminates its immunomodulatory activities thus promoting invasive infection - Debabrata Biswas
• Validation of a rapid diagnostic assay based on antibodies to human cardiac myosin S2 epitopes to monitor rheumatic heart disease - Mohan Karmarkar
• Interaction of disease-causing Group A Streptococcus with innate immune pathways - Amelia Soderholm
• Anti-streptococcal antibodies and T-cells induce heart pathology in Lewis rats following adoptive transfer - Suchandan Sikder

• Peptide Signaling in Enterococcus faecalis - Lynn Hancock
• Regulation of innate immunity to Streptococcus - Jacqueline M Kimmey
• Streptococcus pneumoniae evades host innate immunity through parallel β-helix protein PfbA - Masaya Yamaguchi
• Identification of genes required for the virulence of Streptococcus equi in the natural host by barcoded transposon directed insertion-site sequencing (TraDIS) - Amelia RL Charbonneau
• Insertion Sequence elements are drivers of diversification in the broad host range aquatic pathogen Streptococcus iniae - Scott Beatson
• Positive and negative control mechanisms of pathogenicity expression in Streptococcus intermedius - Hideaki Nagamune

Please collect your packed lunch box before getting on the bus for Island adventure or Rainforest adventure

Must pre-purchase tickets through registration portal

Please note guests on tours will be going directly to the Boatshed for dinner after activities, please bring appropriate clothing for full day.

Meet at Hotel reception at 5:00pm for bus transfers to Vuda Marina,

return buses leaving at 9:00pm, 9:30pm, will return guests to Sofitel after dinner concludes.