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Webinar - Mosquito-borne diseases
This is the first webinar in a series on vector- and reservoir-borne diseases organized by the SLU Committee for Global Animal Diseases (CGD).
Date: 16 October 2026
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Venue: Zoom
Organiser: SLU Committee for Global Animal Diseases (CGD)
Location: Online
The webinar series is part of the doctoral course “The infection biology, ecology and One Health perspective of vector- and reservoir-borne infectious diseases” and consists of thematic webinars during the academic year 2026/2027.
Program:
| 13:00 – 13:05 | Welcome and introduction, Jonas Johansson Wensman, Head of SLU CGD |
| 13:05 – 13:35 | West Nile Fever in Europe: An Evolving Epidemiological Situation Since 2022, Gaëlle Gonzalez, EU Reference Laboratory for equine diseases, Laboratoire de santé animale – ANSES, France |
| 13:35 – 14:05 | Virus–Mosquito Interactions: Infection, Immunity and Viral Interference, Anne-Lie Blomström, Department of Animal Biosciences, SLU |
| 14:05 – 14:30 | How mosquitoes find humans: olfactory cues and their potential for vector surveillance and control, Josefine Nordlander, Department of Plant Protection Biology, SLU |
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Jonas Wensman, Senior Lecturer
HBIO, Bacteriology, Virology, Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health