Session Details

[SY8]Symposium 8 : Zoonotic Influenza and Pandemic Preparedness: At The Frontline

Wed. Nov 4, 2026 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM JST
Wed. Nov 4, 2026 4:15 AM - 6:15 AM UTC
Room 1 (2F International Conference Room)
Chair: Hideki Hasegawa (Influenza Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
   Japan Institute for Health Security), Yoshihiro Sakoda (Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University)

[SY8-1]Advancing wild-bird surveillance for high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses through environmental water sampling

*Makoto Ozawa1 (1. Kagoshima University)

[SY8-2]Genetic diversity of H5 subtype High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza virus isolated from poultry and wild birds in Japan and differences of susceptibility in birds

*Yuko Uchida1 (1. National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, National Institute of Animal Health)

[SY8-3]Host range expansion and cross-species transmission of H5 high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses in wildlife ecosystems in Hokkaido, Japan

*Yoshihiro Sakoda1,2,3,4, Norikazu Isoda1,2,3,4, Takahiro Hiono1,2,3,4 (1. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, 2. One Health Research Center, Hokkaido University, 3. International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, 4. Hokkaido University Institute for Vaccine Research and Development (HU-IVReD), Hokkaido University)

[SY8-4]From Markets to Mammals: Tracking Cambodia’s Reassortant H5N1 at the Spillover Interface

*Erik Albert Karlsson1 (1. Institut Pasteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia)

[SY8-5]Avian influenza : integrating host ecology, virology and epidemiology to characterise and manage risk

*Nicola Sarah Lewis1,2 (1. Worldwide Influenza Centre, WHO CC for Influenza Reference and Research, Francis Crick Institute, London, 2. Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London)