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Mohamed Abd El Bagi, Radiology, Military
Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(Imaging Gastrointestinal Parasites)
Tentative Title: “Does Radiology Have a Role in
the Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal
Parasites?"
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Oyeduntan Adedokun,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of
Ibadan, Nigeria
(Helminthic Diseases; Epidemiology; Modelling
and Simulation of Parasitic Diseases; GIS;
Ecology)
Tentative Title: “Computer Simulation of
the Distribution of Lymnaea Natalensis and
Fascioliasis in Cattle"
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Babatunde Adewale, Public Health Division,
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos,
Nigeria
(Onchocerca Volvulus Transmission in Forest
Zones; Onchocerciasis Treatment with Ivermectin;
Detection of Onchocerciasis with PCR (Polymerase
Chain Reaction))
Tentative Title: “Effects of Annual Treatment
of Onchocerciasis with Ivermectin on the
Infectivity of Simulium Damnosum S.L.”
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Oluwaseyi Adegboyega Adeyeba,
Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Ladoke
Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
(Epidemiology and Control of Schistosomiasis
in Nigeria)
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Ehizogie Adeyemi,
Animal and Environmental Science, Faculty of
Science, University of Benin, Benin City,
Nigeria
(Schistosomes & Snail Hosts; Control
Measures; Anthelminthic Drugs; Snail Dynamics
and Kinetics; Co-infection with Other Helminths)
Tentative Title: “Epidemiological Studies on
Human Schistosomes and their Snail Intermediate
Host, and Identification of High Risk
Communities"
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Olufemi Moses Agbolade,
Department of Plant Science and Applied Zoology,
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria
(Ascariasis; Hookworm; Trichuris Trichiura;
Taenia sp.; Schistosoma Haematobium)
Tentative Title: "Intestinal Helminths Among
School Children in Two Local Government Areas of
Ogun State, Nigeria"
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Mohammed Alfaki,
Department of Parasitology and Medical
Entomology, Institute of Endemic Diseases,
University of Khartoum, Sudan
(Helminth Co-infection; Immunology; Clinical
Outcomes; Plasmodium Falciparum)
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Magaly Mello Alves,
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Department of
Tropical Medicine, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ),
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(Schistosoma Mansoni Isolates; Biomphalaria
Glabrata; Infectivity of B. Glabrata to S.
Mansoni Isolates; Lack of Susceptibility of B.
Glabrata to S Mansoni; Confocal Microscopy Study
of S. Mansoni Isolates)
Tentative Title: TBA
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Francis Anto, Ghana Health Service, Navrongo
Health Research Centre, Upper East Region, Ghana
(Community Directed Treatment of
Schistosomiasis; Reaching Non-Enrolled School
Age Children; Comparing Coverage by Teachers and
Community Volunteers)
Tentative Title: “Using
Community-based Volunteers to Reach Non-enrolled
School Age Children Through Community-directed
Treatment of Schistosomiasis in School Age
Children in Rural Northern Ghana”
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Chiaka Anumudu, Department of Zoology,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
(Schistosomiasis, Immunoepidemiology;
Malaria/Helminth Interactions; Genetic
Susceptibility of Schistosomiasis)
Tentative Title: "Immunoepidemiolgy of
Schistosome Infections in an Endemic Area of
Nigeria"
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Silvana Belo,
Medical Helminthology & Malaclogy Unit,
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical,
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
(Schistosomiasis; Immunoepidemiology &
Immunodiagnosis; Soil-transmitted Helminths,
Control; Helminthic Infections and Gender;
Anaemia Related to Helminthiasis; Lymphatic
Filariasis)
Tentative Title: “Helminthiasis, Anaemia and
Iron Status in Pregnant Women in Luanda,
Angola”; “Assessing Risk Factors for Helminth
Infections and Anaemia Among Angolan Women of
Reproductive Age"
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Aline Eduardo Carloto,
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Department of
Tropical Medicine, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
& Faculty of Biology, Universidade do Grande Rio
(UNIGRANRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(Schistosoma Mansoni Isolates; Biomphalaria
Glabrata; Infectivity of B. Glabrata to S.
Mansoni Isolates; Lack of Susceptibility of B.
Glabrata to S Mansoni; Confocal Microscopy Study
of S. Mansoni Isolates)
Tentative Title: TBA
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Alan Chiang,
Medical School and Department of Molecular
Biology, University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center, Dallas TX, USA
(Parasitic Infections; Behavioral Evolution
of Nematodes; Tropical Diseases)
Tentative Title: “Evolution of Behaviors in
Nematodes -- Using C. Elegans Biology as a
Starting Point”
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Maria José Conceição,
Department of Preventive Medicine & Laboratory
of Parasitic Diseases, Federal University of Rio
de Janeiro and Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz),
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(Schistosoma Mansoni; Schistosoma Haematobium;
Diphyllobothrium Latum in Brazil)
Tentative Title: 1) “Isolates of
Schistosoma Mansoni with Failure to Treatment -
Molecular Biology Studeis”; 2) “Isolates of
Schistosoma Mansoni with Failure to Treatment -
Morphological Study on Confocal Schistosomiasis
Mansoni in Association with Hepatitis B or C -
Evolution of Patients”; 3) “Intestinal
Helminthiasis in Children Infected with Human
Immunodeficiency Virus”; 4) “Diphyllobothrium
latum - Autochthonous Human Cases in Brazil"
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Oumar Talla Diaw,
Laboratoire National d’Elevage et des Recherches
Veterinaires (LNERV), Institut Senegalais de
Recherche Agricoles (ISRA), Dakar, Senegal
(Trematodosis and Snails’ Intermediate Hosts;
Epidemiology of Human & Animal Schistosomiasis;
Malacology (Snails of Veterinary & Medical
Importance); Environnemental Changes &
Trematodosis; Snail Borne Diseases)
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Fatma Ebeid, Pharmacology, Theodor Bilharz
Research institute, Giza, Egypt
(Pharmacodynamics of Antibilharzial Drugs;
Toxicity Studies; Drug Metabolizing Enzymes;
Pharmacological Evaluation of Plant Extracts;
Amino Acid and Protein Metabolism)
Tentative Title: "Effect of Praziquantel
Treatment and Rate of Development on Schistosoma
Heamatobium (Egyptian Strain)"; 2) "Protective
Effects of β-carotene,
N-acetyl-L-cysteine with and without
Praziquantel Treatment in Schistosoma Mansoni
Infected Mice"
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Emeka Etusim,
Department of Animal and Environmental Biology,
Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria
(Human Helminths; Helminths and the
Environment; Traditional Treatments for
Helminthic Infections)
Tentative Title: "Studies on Human
Helminth Parasite Burdens on Cyclorrhaphan Flies
(Diptera) Collected Around Okigwe, Nigeria"
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Djibril Sarr Faye,
Region Medicale, Saint-Louis, Senegal
(Schistosomiasis; Relationship Between Snails
and Schistosome; Fasciolosis; Lymneae;
Malacology)
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David Halton,
Department of Biological Sciences, Queen's
University Belfast, Belfast, UK
(Platyhelminths; Nematodes; Neurobiology;
Muscle Physiology; Neuropeptide Signalling
Pathways; FMRF Amide-like Neuropeptides; Novel
Target Drug Discovery)
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Comfort Adejoke Ibidapo,
Parasitology Unit, Department of Zoology, Lagos
State University, Lagos, Nigeria
(Prevalence and Intensity of Soil Transmitted
Helminths; Prevalence of Geohelminths in a Rural
Community)
Tentative Title: “Prevalence of Soil
Transmitted Helmiths in a Rural Community of
Suburban Lagos, Southwest Nigeria”
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Ricardo Igreja,
Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina
Preventiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de
Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(Infectious & Parasitic Diseases; Intestinal
Schistosomiasis; Travel Medicine)
Tentative Title: "Schistosomiasis and Soil
Transmitted Helminthiasis"
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Osadolor Iyare, Department of Zoology,
Faculty of Biological Science, University of
Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
(Snail Vectors of Human Schistosomiasis;
Effect of Pesticides on Growth & Fecundity of
Snail Vectors; Schistosomiasis Epidemiology;
Vector Control)
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Wojciech Jarosz,
Department of Biology and Environmental
Protection, University School of Physical
Education, Poznan, Poland
(Soil Contamination with Geohelminth Eggs;
Environmental Risk Factors for Helminthoses;
Impact of Zoonoses on Human Development;
Toxocara and Toxocarosis)
Tentative Title: "Soil Contamination with
Toxocara Eggs"
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Hermine Jatsa Megaptche,
Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of
Science, University of Douala, Cameroon
(Schistosomiasis; Antischistosomal Plants
Extracts; Toxicity of Medicinal Plants Extracts)
Tentative Title: “In Vivo Activity of Sida
Pilosa and Clerodendrum Umbellatum on
Experimental Schistosoma Mansoni Infection in
Mice"
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Enedina Jimenez-Cardoso,
Laboratory of Parasitology Research, Hospital
Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez, Mexico City,
Mexico
(Gnatostoma; Toxocana; Diagnostic Techniques)
Tentative Title: “Protein Profile Analysis from
Advanced Third Stage Larvae (Adv L) and Adult
Worms of Gnathostoma Binucleatum (Nematoda:
Spirurida)"
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Kalu Momg Kalu,
Animal and Environmental Biology Department,
Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria
(Vectors of Parasitic Diseases)
Tentative Title: “Prevalence of Soil
Transmitted Intestinal Helminths in Primary
School Children from Four Communities in the
Niger Delta Area of Nigeria”
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Aalireza Khabiri,
Department of Parasitology, Pasteur Institute of
Iran, Tehran, Iran
Tentative Title: TBA
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Bahman Khalili,
Department of Parasitology, Shahrekord
University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
(Intestinal Parasites; Myiasis)
Tentative Title: 1) “A Case Report of
Intestinal Myiasis by Sarcophaga Haemorrhoidalis
from a Rural Area of Iran”; 2) “A High
Frequency of Intestinal Parasitic Diseases in a
Rural Area of Iran"
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Éricka Arregue de Lemos,
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Department of
Tropical Medicine, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
& Faculty of Biology, Federal University of Rio
de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(Schistosoma Mansoni Isolates; Biomphalaria
Glabrata; Infectivity of B. Glabrata to S.
Mansoni Isolates; Lack of Susceptibility of B.
Glabrata to S Mansoni; Confocal Microscopy Study
of S. Mansoni Isolates)
Tentative Title: TBA
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Sharif Maraghi,
Mycoparasitology, School of Medicine,
Jundi-Shapour University of Medical Sciences,
Ahwaz, Iran
(Hydatidosis; Liver Enzymes in Sera and
Hydatid Fluid; Epidemiology of Hydatidosis in
Nomads In Iran; Diagnosis of Hydatidosis in Man
Using Native Antigen B; Identification of IgG
Subclasses in Patients with Hydatidosis)
Tentative Title: “Comparison of Liver Enzymes
in Sera and Hydatid Fluids of Sheep Infected
with Liver Hydatidosis"
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Cesar
Martinez, Facultad de
Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Peruana
Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
(Phenylpropanolamine)
Tentative Title: TBA
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Hanna Mizgajska-Wiktor,
Department of Biology and Environmental
Protection, University School of Physical
Education, Poznan, Poland
(Toxocara in the Environment; Soil
Contamination with Geohelminth Eggs; Genetic
Differentiation of Species)
Tentative Title: "Environmental Factors
Determining Toxocarosis in Humans"
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Roger Moyou,
Cameroon Medical Research Center, Yaounde, Cameroon
Tentative Title: “Strogyloidiasis in HIV
Patients: An Opportunistic Infection?”
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Soraya Naem,
Department of Pathobiology, Urmia University,
Urmia, Iran
(Heartworms (Dirofilaria immitis); Toxocara
Cati; Microfilaria, Physaloptera Praeputialis,
Dipylidium Caninum)
Tentative Title: 1) “A Survey on Dirofilaria
Immitis in Stray Cats in Urmia City, Iran”; 2)
“The Occurrence of Parasitic Helminths in Stray
Cats in Urmia City, Iran"
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Komo Vincent Njoroge, Institute of Primate
Research, Dept of Tropical Diseases, Egerton
University, Nairobi, Kenya
(Schistosomiasis; Resistance to Re-infection;
Immune System Response; Vaccine Candidates)
Tentative Title: “A Comparative Study of
Multiple Versus Single Dose Infections of
Schistosoma Haematobium in Mesocricetus Auratus”
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Victor Oluoha Nwaugo,
Department of Microbiology, Abia State
University, Uturu, Nigeria
(Concomitant Bacterial Infections in
Parasitic Diseases)
Tentative Title: “Prevalence of Soil
Transmitted Intestinal Helminths in Primary
School Children from Four Communities in the
Niger Delta Area of Nigeria”
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Kenneth Opara,
Department of Zoology, University of Uyo, Nigeria
(Schistosomiasis; Onchocerciasis; Bancroftian
Filariasis)
Tentative Title: "Schistosomiasis in
Preschool Chiidren - Implications for Control"
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Daya Ram Pokharel, Biochemistry, Universal
College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
(Lymphatic Filariasis; Vaccines; Setaria
cervi; Metalloproteases; Collagenase)
Tentative Title: "Vaccination with Setaria
Cervi 175 kDa Collagenase Induces High Level of
Protection Against Brugia Malayi Infection in
Jirds"
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Mohammad Bagher Rokni, Dept. of Medical
Parasitology and Mycology, Tehran University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(Fasciolosis; Hydatidosis; Strongyloidiasis;
Helminth Diagnostics; Protein Purification)
Tentative Title: “Evaluation of the Western
Blot Method Using Different Subclasses of IgG
and B Antigen of Hydatid Cysts in Laboratory
Diagnosis of Human Hydatidosis"
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Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi,
Parasitology and Mycology, Shiraz University of
Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
(Hydatidosis; Toxocariasis; Leishmania;
Parasitic Zoonoses)
Tentative Title: “Evaluation of a Recombinant
Antigen for Serodiagnosis of Human
Strongyloidiasis Using Enzyme-linked
Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
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Sammy Sam-Wobo,
Parasitology Unit, Department of Biological
Sciences, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta,
Nigeria
(Parasitology; Epidemiology)
Tentative Title: "Ascariasis and Helminth
Control Systems"
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Vladimir Shimalov,
Psychology and Pedagogical Faculty, Brest State
University, Brest, Belarus
(Helminthozoonotic Diseases; Helminths that
Parasitize Wild Animals; Medical & Veterinary
Helminthology; Trematode, Cestode, Nematode and
Acanthocephalan Parasites)
Tentative Title: "Helminthozoonoses in the
Republic of Belarus"
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Juliana Loureiro da Silva,
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Department of
Tropical Medicine, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
& Faculty of Medicine,
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil
(Schistosoma Mansoni Isolates; Biomphalaria
Glabrata; Infectivity of B. Glabrata to S.
Mansoni Isolates; Lack of Susceptibility of B.
Glabrata to S Mansoni; Confocal Microscopy Study
of S. Mansoni Isolates)
Tentative Title: TBA
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Iran Mendonça da Silva,
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Department of
Tropical Medicine, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
& Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Federal
University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
(Schistosoma Haematobium Infection; Evolution
of Brazilian Soldiers with S. Haematobium;
Cistoscopy of Patients with S. Haematobium
Infection; Failure of Treatment of Patients with
S. Haematobium)
Tentative Title: TBA
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Seydou Sow, Department of Parasitology .Helminthology
Unit, Prince Leopold Institute Of Tropical
Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
(Intestinal Schistosomiasis in the Senegal
River Basin; Ecoeepidemiology of Parasites)
Tentative Title: "The Role of Hygienic
Washing after Defecation in the Transmission of
Schistosoma Mansoni"
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Boguslaw Szewczyk,
Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk,
Poland
(Fasciola Hepatica;
Haemonchus Contortus; Recombinant Vaccines;
Hidden Antigens; Pure Recombinant Proteins)
Tentative Title: "Fasciola Hepatica and
Haemonchus Contortus Proteins Expressed in the
Baculovirus Expression System as Potential
Recombinant Vaccines"
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Cornelius Tobias Wolmarans, School of
Environmental Sciences, North-West University,
Potchefstroom, South Africa
(Schistosomiasis Epidemiology & Control)
Tentative Title: "The Occurrence and
Distribution of Schistosome Intermediate Hosts
in Relation to the Prevalence of Schistosome
Infection in Humans in a Highly Endemic Area in
the Limpopo Province, South Africa"
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