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THE FIRST WORLD MEETING ON SALIVARIAN TRYPANOSOMES BY INTERNET
(FWMST/Internet 1996)
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
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DECEMBER, 9
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STATUS IN THE WORLD
(Free for contributions)
Epidemiology of T. evansi in Indonesia
Tudor W. Jones - University of Edinburgh, UK
Epidemiology of trypanosomes of ruminants in Guyana
Maxine Parris-Aaron & Sandra Vokaty - Guyana
Epidemiology status of livestock trypanosomes in the Guyanas
Marc Desquesnes, Institut Pasteur - French Guyana
Dynamics of Trypanosoma evansi outbreaks in the
Pantanal, Brazil / Alberto M. R. Davila; Roberto A.M.S.
Silva (EMBRAPA/CPAP, Brazil) and Ana M. Jansen
(FIOCRUZ, Brazil).
Epidemics of Trypanosoma vivax in Bolivian lowlands and
the Pantanal region, Brazil / Roberto Aguilar M. S. Silva
& Alberto M. R. Davila - EMBRAPA/CPAP - Brazil
Epidemiology review of equine trypanosomosis in Argentina
Carlos M. Monzon, CEDIVEF - Argentina
Assesing the economic effects at treatment alternatives for
Animal Trypanosomosis: Discussion and application to the
Brazilian Pantanal / Andrew Seidl - EMBRAPA/PROMOAGRO
DECEMBER, 10
BIOLOGY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE
Host-parasite Interactions
Differential gene expression during the life cycle of trypanosomes
Noel B. Murphy - ILRI, Kenya
Purine acquisition by bloodstreams stage African trypanosomes
Samuel J. Black, University of Massachusetts - USA
DECEMBER, 11
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Molecular Biology of Salivarian Trypanosomes
Molecular markers for characterization and identification of T. evansi
Marta M. G. Teixeira, University of Sao Paulo - Brazil
Biochemistry of Trypanosome Resistance to Drugs
Resistance of several South American isolates of T. vivax and T. evansi to
diminazene aceturate and isometamidium chloride / Marc Desquesnes - Institut
Pasteur - French Guyana
Antigenic Variation in Salivarian Trypanosomes causing diseases in animals
Antigenic Variation and Serodeme Analysis / Tudor W.
Jones - University of Edinburgh, UK
DECEMBER, 12
SPECIAL SESSION ON HEMOFLAGELLATES OF FISHES
Salmonid cryptobiosis and immunological strategies against the disease
Patrick T. K. Woo - University of Guelph - Canada
IMMUNOLOGY (DIAGNOSTIC TESTS)
Serological Tests
Diagnosis of livestock and human trypanosomiasis through indirect-ELISA with
T. evansi antigens / Marc Desquesnes, Institut Pasteur - French Guyana
DECEMBER, 13
CHEMOTHERAPY
Chemoprophylactic use of drugs for Animal Trypanosomosis
Evaluation of the prophylactic effect of isometamidium and etidium sustained
release devices against Trypanosoma congolense in cattle / Stanny Geerts -
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Anti-parasite drugs used to treat Human Trypanosomosis
Topical chemotherapy of experimental CNS-trypanosomiasis: drug combination
Jorge Atouguia, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical - Portugal
DECEMBER, 14
EPIDEMIOLOGY/VECTORS
Molecular Epidemiology of Trypanosomes
Molecular Epidemiology of Salivarian Trypanosomes / Michel Tibayrenc -
ORSTOM - France
Commentaries on Molecular Epidemiology of Salivarian
Trypanosomes lecture / Geoff Hide - University of Glasglow, UK
Contribution of the PCR technique for a better understanding of the
epidemiology of animal trypanosomosis in West Africa
Jean-Marc Reifenberg & Gerard Duvallet, CIRAD-EMVT - France
Use of Remote Sensing in Trypanosomosis
Use of Remote Sensing in Trypanosomosis / Martin Huge-Jones, Louisiana State
University, USA
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[1] The tryplink members will have a full day to request informations on the
lecture.
[2] We will use Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as reference hour.
[3] For subscription in TRYPLINK-L, interested people can send a message to:
listserver at cenargen.embrapa.br
and write on the first line of message:
subscribe tryplink-l (name and lastname)
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[5] For any further information, interested people may contact:
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