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Toplicin Venac 23, Belgrade, Serbia
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Registration deadline: September 30, 2015
Call for abstracts deadline: October 10, 2015
2 November WG/MC Meeting
Pre-Conference (for CYSTINET members only):
09:00-15:30: 2nd Working Group Meeting (plenary session): 6th floor “Beogradska panorama” conference hall
16:00-18:00: 2nd Management Committee Meeting: 1st floor banquet hall
3-4 November 1st CYSTINET International Conference:
“Taeniasis and cysticercosis: A one health challenge”
Program
02 November 2015
18:00: Registration & Welcome drink: 6th floor “Beogradska panorama” conference hall
03 November 2015
08:30-09:30 Registration
09:30 Welcome
09:50 Session 1: EPIDEMIOLOGY (WG1)
WG1 presentation: B. Devleesschauwer and A. Allepuz
Invited speaker: J. Conlan, Food standards Australia New Zealand
10:40 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Abstract presentations
- 11:00 Taenia hydatigena in pigs: a systematic review and results from a cross sectional abattoir study in Burkina Faso. Dorny, B. Ouedraogo, Nguyen Thi Thuy Man , R. Ganaba, V. Dermauw, H. Carabin, S. Gabriël
- 11:15 Factors influencing transmission of porcine cysticercosis in Tanzania. Ch. Braae, W. Harrison, P. Magnussen, F. Lekule, M. Vang Johansen
- 11:30 Geospatial and age-related patterns of Taenia solium taeniasis in the rural health zone of Kimpese, Democratic Republic of Congo. Madinga, K. Kanobana, Ph. Lukanu, E. Abatih, S. Baloji, S. Linsuke, N. Praet, S. Kapinga, K. Polman, P. Lutumba, N. Speybroeck, P. Dorny, W. Harrison, S. Gabriel
- 11:45 Age-related patterns of polyparasitism with Taenia solium, schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths in a co-endemic village of Democratic Republic of Congo. Madinga, K.Polman, K. Kanobana, L. van Lieshout, E. Brienen, N. Praet, C. Kabwe, S. Gabriël, P. Dorny, P. Lutumba, N. Speybroeck
- 12:00 Epidemiological study in T. solium and T. saginata larvae infestation in pigs and cattle from Romania. A-M. Oleleu, C. Gherman, A. Cozma, I. Oleleu, V. Cozma
- 12:15 Epidemiology, impact and control of bovine cysticercosis in Europe: a systematic review. M.Laranjo-González 1, B. Devleesschauwer, S. Gabriël, P. Dorny, A. Allepuz
12:30-13:30 Lunch: Ground floor restaurant
13:30 Session 2: DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS (WG2)
WG2 presentation-diagnostics part: T. Garate and P. Dorny
Invited speaker: S. O’Neal, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
14:20-15:05 Abstract presentations
- 14:20 Sensitivity of partial carcass dissection for assessment of porcine cysticercosis at necropsy. M.W. Lightowlers, E. Assana, C. Jayashi, C.G. Gauci, M. Donadeu
- 14:35 Molecular diagnosis of Taeniasis/Cysticercosis complex: Analytical sensitivity of real time PCR based on HDP2 and Ptsol9 repetitive sequences. M.Flores-Chavez, C. Domínguez-Hidalgo, Y.Monje, G.Molini, S. Martinez, T. Garate
- 14:50 Improving LAMP assays for molecular detection of Taenia species. Megido, T. Gárate, A. Muro, M. Flores-Chavez, M.J. Perteguer, J. López-Abán, P. Fernández-Soto
15:05-15:25 Coffee break
15:25-17:30 Session 3: CONTROL (WG3)
WG3 presentation: M.V. Johansen and E. Papadopoulos
Invited speaker: WHO, Water Sanitation Hygiene and Health
16:15-17:00 Abstract presentations
- 16:15 CystiSim – an agent-based model for Taenia solium transmission and control. U.Ch. Braae , B. Devleesschauwer, S. Gabriël, P. Dorny, N. Speybroeck , P. Magnussen, M. Vang Johansen
- 16:30 Effect of repeated mass drug administration with praziquantel and track and treat of taeniosis cases on the prevalence of taeniosis in Taenia solium endemic rural communities of Tanzania. U.Ch. Braae, P. Magnussen, B. Ndawi, W. Harrison, F. Lekule, M. Vang Johansen
- 16:45 Starting new strategies of investigation on cysticercosis: systematic review of Taeniasis/cysticercosis and perspectives in Cote d’Ivoire. A.T. Offianan, E. Koffi, O. M Boka, D. Cisse, A. Meite, K.E. Angora, M.K. Soumahoro, B. Assi, J. Djaman, R. Jambou
17:00-17:30 Galvmed presentation
Update on treatment and vaccination of porcine cysticercosis. A. Colston
17:30-18:30 Poster session (viewing & discussion)
- Rare case of taeniasis in the Istrian region. Lazarić Stefanović
- The societal cost of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Tanzania. Trevisan, B. Devleesschauwer, V. Schmidt, A.S. Winkler, W. Harrison, M. Vang Johansen
- Biosecurity on pig farms. Bojkovski
- Introducing a new inter-disciplinary network on Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniosis research in sub-Saharan Africa CYSTINET – Africa. Schmidt, H. Ngowi, B. Ngowi, S. Mfinanga, C.S. Sikasunge, I.K. Phiri, K.E. Mwape, E. Normahoomed, B. Brügge, C. Prazeres da Costa, A.S. Winkler
- Taeniosis in Serbia: changing trend over a 35-year period. Dakić, M. Korać, B. Brmbolić, N. Mitrović, I. Milošević, J. Malinić, A. Marković, S. Jovanović, O. Djurković-Djaković
- Slaughterhouse surveillance of bovine and porcine cysticercosis in Catalonia (2008-2014) through SESC: the slaughterhouse support network. Vidal, M. Laranjo-González, E. Tolosa, A. Allepuz, A. Marco, L.L. Picart, M. Domingo
- Taeniosis diagnosed during last 15 years in National Centre for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary. Kucsera, J. Danka, E. Orosz
- Molecular identification of zoonotic tissue-invasive tapeworm larvae other than Taenia solium in suspected human cysticercosis cases. Tappe, J. Berkholz, U. Mahlke, H. Lobeck, T. Nagel, A. Haeupler, B. Muntau, P. Racz, S. Poppert
- Outbreak of bovine cysticercosis on a cattle farm in Slovenia in 2015 – a case report. Vergles-Rataj, B. Krt, J. Starič, J. Ježek, P. Dorny, S. Gabriël, B. Šoba
- Cysticercosis at the slaughterhouses of the Braničevo district, Serbia. Živojinović, S. Stokić Nikolić, D. Rogožarski, M. Lazić, I. Dobrosavljević, G. Rajković, S. Paunović
20:00 Conference dinner: Skadarlija (downtown Bohemian district)
03 November 2015
08:30: Session 4: NCC MANAGEMENT (WG2)
WG2 presentation-NCC/T, case management: A. Winkler
Invited speaker: C. Coyle, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
09:45-10:25 Abstract presentations
- 09:45 Characterizing human cysticercosis in Portugal 2006-2013. Vilhena , A.G. Fonseca, J.R. Marques da Silva, S.S. Dias, J. Torgal
- 10:00 Treatment of neurocysticercosis in Serbia. Dulović
- 10:15 Human cysticercosis in Serbia – a 25 year national study. Bobić, Z. Dakić, I. Klun, A. Nikolić, O. Dulović, V. Turkulov, O. Djurković-Djaković
10:25-10:40 Coffee break
10:40-11:10 Abstract presentations
- 10:40 Cognitive impairment and quality of life of people with epilepsy and neurocysticercosis in Zambia. L. Nau , K.E. Mwape, J. Wiefek, K. Schmidt, E.N. Abatih, P. Dorny, N. Praet, C. Chiluba, H. Schmidt, I.K. Phiri, A.S. Winkler, S. Gabriël, J. Blocher
- 10:55 Severe seizures in pigs naturally infected with Taenia solium. Trevisan, E.M. Mkupasi, H. Ngowi, B. Forkman, M. Vang Johansen
11:10-12:00: Round table discussion with all invited speakers, WG leaders, chair & vice
12:00-13:00: Lunch: Ground floor restaurant
13:00–19:00: Farm visit
Practical information
Potential hotels
- Palace Hotel Belgrade
- Booking reference: CYSTINET Belgrade
- Price per night: Single room: 50€, Double room: 70€, Breakfast included
- Rooms for the conference are available on a first-come, first-served basis until the rooms are filled or the option in the hotel expires (until 25 October 2015)
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How to get there
Airport Nikola Tesla is 15 km from the Belgrade centre. A taxi to and from the airport is 15€. Shuttle bus transfer to and from the airport is also available (click here for the link to the shuttle bus website).