The 2nd Working Group meeting took place on 4-5 September 2014 at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Campus Rochus, Rochusstraat 43, Antwerp (Belgium).
All presentations are available in the members section.
Program
04/09/2014
- 09h30: Plenary session, Aula Janssens
- Session chair: P. Dorny
- Welcome: P. Dorny (Grantholder scientific representative, Head of the Unit of Veterinary Helminthology, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, ITM)
- Presentation of the COST action TD1302 CYSTINET general progress: S. Gabriël (Chair).
- Short Term Scientific Missions, an update: S. Lacour (STSM coordinator)
- Presentation of WG updates:
- WG1: Dr. B. Devleesschauwer (WG1 leader) & S. Smit: Country studies
- WG2:
- Dr. T. Garate (co-WG2 leader)
- Dr. A. Winkler (WG2 leader):
- Questionnaire session (Chaired by A. Winkler): Dr. J. Blocher (and S. Smit), with a coffee break of 30’
- WG3: Dr. E. Papadopoulos (WG3 co-leader)
- 13h00-14h00 Lunch
- 14h00 Plenary session, Aula Janssens
- Session chair: P. Dorny
- Invited speaker: Dr E. Mwape, University of Zambia, School of Veterinary Medicine. Taenia solium in Zambia
- Invited speaker: Dr. J. Charlier; Discontools; DISCONTOOLS, a novel initiative to prioritize research on infectious animal diseases in the E.U.
- 15h00-15h30 coffee break
- 15h30 Separate WG meetings, Forum 1, 2 and 3
- Discussion
- 20h00: Working Group Dinner: Café-Restaurant Bourla, Graanmarkt 7, Antwerp, http://www.bourla.be
05/09/2014
- 09h00: Plenary session, Aula Janssens
- Invited speakers:
- Session chair: M. Vilhena
- Dr. J. Noh, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA. Development of diagnostics on Taenia spp, an update from CDC
- Dr. K. De Smet, Dr A. Ottevanger, SANCO (European Commission). View of the EC on Taenia spp control
- Dr. K. de Balogh, FAO, Senior Officer, Veterinary Public Health. What can One Health do for taeniasis/cysticercosis control? (Via Skype)
- Invited speakers:
- 10h30-11h00 coffee break
- 11h00 Presentations of early stage researchers
- Session chair: S. Thamsborg
- A. Hernandez, Performance of T24H and Ts8B2 recombinant antigens in human neurocysticercosis serodiagnosis
- J. Blocher, Prevalence of neurocysticercosis in people with epilepsy in the Eastern Province of Zambia
- B. Victor, Development of a poly-mono clonal based antigen ELISA for the detection of Taenia solium taeniosis
- C. Makungu, Community Led Total Sanitation for the control of Taenia solium
- Q. Nicolau, Evaluation of health education as a control tool for Taenia solium
- S. Gabriël, Development of a milk antibody ELISA for the detection of bovine cysticercosis
- 12h30 Lunch
- 13h30 Presentations of CYSTINET members
- Session chair: J. Lindh
- S. Abuseir, Immunoblot patterns of Taenia hydatigena cysticercosis
- C. Cretu, Neurocysticercosis – Limits of the diagnosis
- M. Pavlova, Some epidemiologic data related to T. saginata in R. Macedonia and a case study of human infection with T. saginata
- J. Lindh, Validation of Tsol-P27 antigen as a diagnostic candidate for Cysiticercosis in Mozambique and Nicaragua
- I.K. Phiri, University of Zambia
- 15h00 Presentations of discussions and decisions of the previous day’s WG meetings
- WG1: Dr. B. Devleesschauwer
- WG2: Drs. A. Winkler & T. Garate
- WG3: Dr. E. Papadopoulos
- 16h30: closure
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