OFFLU annual technical meeting, 4-5 April 2012, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Agenda

Summary and actions from the meeting

Presentations :

Vaccines and diagnostics:

• Vaccination handbook (Marisa Peyre)
• Standard H5 antisera (Ian Brown)
• RNA standard (Timm Harder)
• Code of conduct including PIP framework (Peter Daniels)

Influenza in pigs, horses and other mammals:

• Update on swine influenza virus group activities (Richard Webby)
• Update from equine surveillance panel (Ann Cullinane)
• Influenza across mammalian species and links with avian influenza (John Pasick)
• Influenza in mink (Lars Erik Larsen)

Capacity building / research:

• Capacity building and the way forward (Giovanni Cattoli)
• Update on LAMP project (Sasan Fereidouni)

Human-Animal interface and risk assessment tools:

• OFFLU contribution to the WHO VCM (Giovanni Cattoli)
• Contribution of ferret serum data to VCM (Ian Brown)
• OFFLU contribution to WHO research agenda (Les Sims)
• Variant influenza in humans (Susan Trock)
• Equine influenza at the human animal interface (Ann Cullinane)
• CDC risk assessment tool development and results (Susan Trock)
• EFSA risk assessment tool development and results (Ilaria Capua)