Welcome

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the International Conference on Rickettsiae and other Intracellular Pathogens (ICRIP), to be held in Logroño, La Rioja (Spain).

We are delighted to host this event and to bring together experts from around the world. This conference provides an excellent opportunity to exchange knowledge, share experience, and foster collaboration in the field of infectious diseases caused by bacteria of the genera Rickettsia, Orientia, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma, as well as other intracellular pathogens, including the causative agent of Q fever and those responsible for Chlamydia and Bartonella infections.

Many of you may remember the 2005 Joint Meeting of ESCAR-ASR in La Rioja, and we sincerely hope that this conference will achieve the same scientific success and become equally memorable.

La Rioja is a welcoming region in northern Spain, shaped by a long history as a meeting point of cultures. It is also considered the cradle of the Spanish language, as the earliest written records of Spanish were found here.

Beyond its cultural heritage, La Rioja is renowned for the beauty of its vineyard landscapes, its internationally recognized gastronomy—with the highest number of Michelin stars per capita in Spain—and its wines, among the most prestigious and widely known in the world.

We wish you a nice stay in La Rioja, enjoying our scientific program, our history and culture.