West Nile Fever Seminar 2024: Insights from SPRI’s Latest Conference
On July 18, 2024, Sheba’s Pandemic Preparedness Research Institute (SPRI) hosted a conference on West Nile fever, a disease that has recently emerged in Israel. The conference provided updated and in-depth information about the disease’s history, current status, treatment methods, and the mosquitoes as well as other animals that transmit West Nile fever.
We invite you to watch the exclusive lecture videos to gain critical insights and strategies against West Nile fever from Sheba’s specialists:
- West Nile Fever Seminar 2024 – SPRI | Opening Remarks
- SPRI | Michal Chowers – Historical and Global Perspective
- SPRI | Monica Leszkowicz-Mazuz – The Presence of West Nile Fever in Birds – Why It Matters and What It Teaches Us
- SPRI | Oscar David Kirstein – The Mosquito: Transmission Vector and Mosquito Monitoring
- SPRI | Yaniv Lustig – Has the Virus Changed?
- SPRI | Or Kriger – Epidemiology of West Nile Fever and What is Unique About Israel in 2024
- SPRI | West Nile Fever Seminar 2024 – Round Table
- SPRI | WNV David Hagin – Immunology and Pathophysiology of WNV
- SPRI | WNV Yael Paran – Interferon Beta Research for WNV
- SPRI | Gili Regev – Yochay – Vaccines, Antibodies, and Research on Neutralizing Antibody-Rich Plasma
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