Poster session ATuesday, October 27: 13.15 – 14.15 A.1 Antimicrobial resistance · A1.1:Prevalence of antimicrobial use for nosocomial infection in 394 French hospitals: analysis of regional variation Mr Brice Amadeo · A1.2: Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance to Vibrio cholera Serotype Inaba Isolated from Outbreaks in northwestern Ethiopia, 2006—2008. Mr Belay Beyene · A1.3: Antibiotic use in 357 French hospitals: results from a surveillance network at hospital and ward level, 2007. Dr Catherine Dumartin · A1.4: Antimicrobial resistance surveillance of respiratory pathogens during a pandemic influenza outbreak Dr Anne Eastaway · A1.5: Antibiotic prescriptions for the common cold. What are the expectations of Germany’s general population? Dr Mirko S. Faber · A1.6: Cholera Outbreak in Khonkaen, Thailand, 2007: Early Warning of Quinolone Resistance Mr Choopong Sangsawang · A1.7: Impact of antibiotic policies on the prevalence of antibiotic treatments in French healthcare facilities from 2001 to 2006: a quasi-experimental, nested intervention study. Ms Paloma Carrillo Santisteve A.2 Food- and water-borne diseases · A2.1: Salmonella typhi & intestinal parasites among Food Handlers in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia—2009 Mr Beyeh Beyene · A2.2: An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to cross-border shopping, Norway, 2008 Mrs Tone Bruun · A2.3: Salmonellosis in Italy from 2002 to 2006 Dr Luca Busani · A2.4: Summary of the Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses Urgent Inquiries affecting Europe in 2008 Ms Nadia Ciampa · A2.5: Health risk assessment of exposure to geese droppings in recreational waters in The Netherlands Dr Sabine Dittrich · A2.6: First study on incidence and risk factors of acute gastro-enteritis (AGE) among pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2008 Dr Jaume Giménez-Durán · A2.7: Molecular characterization of Salmonella Napoli: a re-emergent serovar in Italy Dr Caterina Graziani · A2.8: Beef cattle density and proportion of unsalted water: the most significant explanatory variables for risk of Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) infection in Finland 1997-2006 Dr Katri Jalava · A2.9: Reporting on food-borne outbreaks in the European Union in 2007 Dr Valentina Rizzi · A2.10: Does exposure to drinking water nitrate contribute anything the effect of water disinfection with chlorine on the children methemoglobin levels? Ms Mina Sadeq · A2.11: Long excretion of pathogens in food handlers with infectious gastroenteritis Dr Bettina Weiss A.3 Health care associated infections · A3.1: High mortality and Clostridium difficile: PCR ribotype 027 may not be the only culprit ! Dr Sabrina Bacci · A3.2: A National Surveillance Programme for Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in Scotland. Mr A-Lan Banks · A3.3: Remarkable change in main location of nosocomial infections in Spain (1990-2008) Dr Julita Gil Cuesta · A3.4: Trends in surgical site infection in Scotland 2002 to 2007 Mr Robert Hill · A3.5: A hospital-related cluster of 027 CDI, Vienna, Austria, 2008-2009 Mrs Elisabeth Eva · A3.6: Development of National Community Infection Prevention and Control Guidance Mrs Abigail Mullings · A3.7: Implementation of a National Hand Hygiene Campaign: Germs. Wash your Hands of Them. Ms Abigail Mullings · A3.8: Internal evaluation of PREZIES the Dutch network for surveillance of nosocomial infections. Lessons learnt in preparation for European harmonization. Dr Harold Noël · A3.9: Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among health care workers and the general population. The Tromsø Staph and Skin Study. Ms Karina Olsen · A3.10: Patients and healthcare workers knowledge and perceptions regarding hospitalised acquired infections in Antananarivo-Madagascar. Dr Laetitia Vaillant · A3.11: Risk factors for acquiring moxifloxacin-resistant Clostridium difficile, Stockholm, Sweden Miss Tizza Zomer A4 HIV – STI · A4.1: Modeling the Effect of High Dead Space Syringes on HIV Epidemic among Injecting Drug Users Dr Georgiy Bobashev · A4.2: Changes in at-risk behaviour for HIV infection among HIV-positive persons in Italy Ms Laura Camoni · A4.3: Repeat infection with Chlamydia trachomatis: a prospective cohort study from an STI-clinic in Stockholm. Dr Sharon Kühlmann Berenzon · A4.4: European Health Programmes 2003-2008 Projects contribution for the HIV/AIDS Action Plan 2006-2009 implementation Dr Cinthia Menel Lemos · A4.5: SIALON: HIV prevalence, undiagnosed HIV cases and Risk behaviour among MSM Mr Massimo Mirandola · A4.6: Sexual behavior and preferences among HIV/AIDS patients in Selangor, Malaysia Dr Anita Sulaiman · A4.7: An analysis of the Swedish HIV epidemic and the efficacy of contact tracing Mr Olivier Wouters A5 Influenza · A5.1: European paediatric influenza analysis (EPIA): estimates of the paediatric disease burden of influenza in the Netherlands and Spain Ms Catherine Balderston · A5.2: Strong contribution of EPIET fellows to members states’ efforts in the pandemic of influenza A(H1N1)v Ms Viviane Bremer · A5.3: Seasonal influenza outbreak dynamics and vaccine effectiveness in nursing homes in Hesse, Germany, 2009 – lessons learnt for future investigations. Mr Steffen Geis · A5.4: "The Situation Room of the Robert Koch Institute, the national centre for managing the Novel Influenza Situation in Germany; Analysis of the first two month response" Ms Andreas Gilsdorf · A5.5: FluZone: A national decision support system for managing the containment phase of the H1N1 Flu pandemic in England. Dr Chakib Kara-Zaitri · A5.6: Enhanced influenza surveillance in Georgia in the context of the emergence of novel influenza A(H1N1) virus Dr Olgha Tarkhan-Mouravi · A5.7: Towards a common crossborder system for pandemic preparedness, surveillance and response in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium Mrs Henriëtte ter Waarbeek · A5.8: Respiratory hygiene patterns in English households: results from the Flu Watch cohort Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash · A5.9: Measuring influenza vaccine effectiveness – a pilot project nested in the sentinel surveillance system in Denmark, season 2008/09 Ms Katarina Widgren · A5.10: An outbreak of Oseltamivir-resistant Influenza A (H1N1) among HIV-infected Children in an Orphan Shelter-Thailand, November 2008 Dr Rochana Wutthanarungsan · A5.11: Effective use of popular internet video broadcast site Youtube for dissemination of information about the potential pandemic of H1N1 influenza Dr Ambarish Pandey A6 International health · A6.1: An assessment of therapeutic management of vaginal and urethral symptoms in an Anonymous Testing Center in Luanda, Angola Ms Hanna Guimarães · A6.2: Communicable disease control at the borders: The need for Public Health (PH) law training Dr Sophia Hatzianastasiou · A6.3: Development of a hospital-based active surveillance system for rotavirus infection in Northwest Russia Ms Karina Junussova · A6.4: Systematic literature review on the transmission of communicable diseases in public ground conveyances Dr Gabriele Poggensee · A6.5: Passenger flow with different means of transport in Europe: Is the risk of transmission of infectious diseases in ground conveyances a neglected issue? Ms Mona Poorbiazar · A6.6: Cerebrospinal meningitis outbreak investigation in Jigawa state Nigeria 2009. Dr Moses Akhimien · A6.7: Lessons learned from chikungunya epidemic in southern Thailand, 2008–2009 Dr Lakkana Thaikruea · A6.8: Dengue Antibodies in Blood Donors: Low Prevalence in Eastern Regions of Taiwan Miss Anna Wang · A6.9: Passenger flow with different means of transport in Europe: Is the risk of transmission of infectious diseases in ground conveyances a neglected issue? Mrs Mona Poorbiazar A7 Molecular epidemiology · A7.1: Molecular typing of the HIV-1 epidemic in Greece: a nationwide study Dr Dimitrios Paraskevis · A7.2: Molecular epidemiology of listeriosis cases in the Czech Republic Dr Marta Prikazska · A7.3: Investigation of Clostridium difficile outbreaks using MLVA-typing Dr Camilla Wiuff · A7.4: Norovirus outbreak strain clusters: quantifying the potential relatedness of clustering strains. Mrs Linda Verhoef | 
