9TH TRIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SHIGA TOXIN (VEROCYTOTOXIN)-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI (VTEC)

• Sponsoring Institution: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• Project Status: TERMINATED
• Funding Source: AFRI COMPETITIVE GRANT
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 1005825
• Grant No.: 2015-67017-23269
• Project No.: OHO01122-CG
• Proposal No.: 2014-05753
• Program Code: A1331
• Project Start Date: Mar 15, 2015
• Project End Date: Mar 14, 2016
• Grant Year: 2015

Project Director
LeJeune, J. T.

Recipient Organization
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
1680 MADISON AVENUE
WOOSTER,OH 44691

Performing Department
OARDC Food Animal Health

Non Technical Summary
Shiga (Vero) toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) cause over 250,000 infections year in the US. Illness associated with this organism range from symptoms of diarrhea to kidney failure and, in some instances, death. The project will bring together experts from around the world at a single meeting to exchange knowledge and information and develop new approaches for improved ways to detect, prevent, and treat these infections.

Animal Health Component

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Research Effort Categories

Basic

(N/A)

Applied

(N/A)

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
712	4010	1170	34%
712	1430	1100	33%
712	3320	1100	33%

Knowledge Area
712 - Protect Food from Contamination by Pathogenic Microorganisms, Parasites, and Naturally Occurring Toxins;

Subject Of Investigation
1430 - Greens and leafy vegetables; 3320 - Meat, beef cattle; 4010 - Bacteria;

Field Of Science
1170 - Epidemiology; 1100 - Bacteriology;

Keywords

shiga toxin (verocytotoxin)-producing escherichia coli (vtec)

agriculture

food safety threats

Goals / Objectives
The purpose of this project is to foster scientific collaboration, and information exchange and dissemination on multiple aspects of the detection, diagnosis, prevention, control, mitigation, and treatment of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli.

Project Methods
Athree-day in conference will be held in Boston, MA, USA. September 13 through September 16, 2015.

Progress 03/15/15 to 03/14/16

Outputs
Target Audience:The conference had an attendance of 308 individuals. The participants represented academic scientists, industry representatives, medical practitioners, and government employeesfrom a broad range of disciplines related to Shiga toxin-producing E. coli detection, diagnosis, prevention, control and treatment. The conference attracted individuals from all 6 inhabited continents, including the countries listed below: Abstract submission statistics PER COUNTRY Argentina 47 Ireland 4 Australia 11 Italy 10 Austria 3 Japan 10 Belgium 5 The Netherlands 7 Brazil 9 New Zealand 5 Canada 16 Nigeria 3 Denmark 1 Norway 7 Finland 1 Poland 1 France 24 Spain 5 Georgia 2 Sweden 5 Germany 11 United Kingdom 26 USA 80 TOTAL 293 Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The conference provided opportunities for professional development for students, public health sanitarians, veterinarians, physicians, and other research and regulatory scientists. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The meeting was open to the public What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?The organizers of the meeting will assist the next team (from Italy) in organizing the VTEC 2018 meeting to be held in Italy.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The proposed conference was held as planed.

Publications