The First International Symposium on Human and Monkey Malaria in Vietnam
Ecohealth Project will hold "The First International Symposium on
Human and Monkey Malaria in Vietnam" on September 18, 2010.
- The Eco-Epidemiology of Sylvatic and Zoonotic Malaria Recent discoveries, both in Southeast Asia and Africa, indicate that the host-specificity of malaria parasites that infect humans and other primates is less strict than previously thought. Zoonotic malaria may be common in forested areas where human and monkey populations overlap. This leads to the need for more intense collaboration between research groups that study the parasitology, entomology, epidemiology and environmental aspects of human and simian malaria. This symposium offers a forum for the exchange of ideas between researchers of human, primate and other malaria's, and will potentially lead to new and productive collaborative work between these disciplines.
- Program:
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| 9:00-9:10 |
Opening remarks
AKIMICHI Tomoya |
| 9:10-9:25 |
Greetings, Purpose of Symposium
NAKAZAWA Shusuke |
| 9:25-10:15 |
Keynote speech
“The Khanh Phu Project: a long-term case study of the micro-epidemiology and control of malaria in Vietnam”
Ron P. MARCHAND
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| Session 1 Malaria Transmission in Khanh Phu (10:35-12:15) |
1. Parasite detection
“Molecular epidemiology of simian malaria causing zoonosis in Vietnam: studies on malaria parasites in salivary glands of mosquitoes and human blood”
MAENO Yoshimasa
“Identification of non-human primate malaria parasites from Khanh Phu”
Richard CULLETON
“Detection of parasites from fecal samples”
NAKAZAWA Shusuke |
2. Social aspects and behaviors
“Human ecology, behavior and perceptions in relation to Malaria among the Raglai people in Khanh Phu Commune, Vietnam”
TRUONG Van Mon
“Primatology's contribution to understanding malaria transmission in the Raglai of Kanh Phu”
Michael A. HUFFMAN
“Why Anopheles dirus is one of the most effective malaria vectors and most difficult to control”
NGUYEN Tuyen Quang |
| - Lunch - |
| Session 2 Sylvatic Malaria (13:30-15:40) |
1. Avian malaria
“Avian malaria in wild and captive bird in Japan”
MURATA Koichi
“Ecology of vector mosquitoes of avian malaria in urban Tokyo”
TSUDA Yoshio
“Feeding pattern and incidence of avian malaria parasite in Culex pipiens pallens”
KIM Kyeong Soon
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2. Non-Human Primate Malaria
“Asian macaques”
Anindya SINHA
“Detection of zoonotic simian malaria parasites by molecular diagnostic tools”
KAWAI Satoru
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3. Environment
“Forest Degradation and Malaria Vectors”
KOBAYASHI Shigeo
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4. Experimental new technique
“Development of a simple and convenient device for the artificial feeding of mosquitoes”
MITSUI Yoshinori
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| - Coffee break - |
| Session 3 General Discussion on Future Directions (16:00-18:00) |
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“Where do we go from here?”
Richard CULLETON
18:00 Closing remarks
MOJI Kazuhiko |
- Inquiry:
- MOJI Kazuhiko (Professor, RIHN)
| Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
(RIHN) |
| zip code: 603-8047 |
| 457-4, Motoyama Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto
City, Japan |
| tel: +81-75-707-2215 fax: +81-75-707-2508 |
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