Organizing Committee: MSc. Ron P. Marchand (Medisch Comité Nederland - Vietnam, MCNV, Netherlands), Dr. Nguyen Tuyen Quang (Khanh Phu Malaria Research Team, KPMRT, Vietnam), Dr. Shusuke Nakazawa (Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan)
Acknowledgment: This Symposium is hosted under the auspices of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Health Department, Vietnam and financially supported in part by JSPS Asia Africa Science Platform Program, the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan and the Khanh Phu Malaria Research Project (MCNV), Vietnam
Program
Symposium’s Chairmen: Dr. Le Huu Tho, Prof. Kazuhiko Moji, Ron P. Marchand
Symposium’s Secretaries: MSc. Kazumi YOSHINAGA, MSc. Huynh Hong Quang
06/03/2012 (Day 1)
7:30-8:00 | Registration of participants |
8:00 | Welcome address | Ron P. Marchand |
8:05 | Speech and opening | Le Huu Tho |
8:10 | What and how we do under AA science platform program | Shusuke Nakazawa |
8:15 | The manifestation of Forest Malaria in Khanh Phu | Ron P. Marchand |
8:30 | Eco-health approach for controlling forest malaria in Vietnam and Lao PDR | Kazuhiko Moji |
8:35 | Discussion |
8:50 | Picture |
Session 1: Malaria in Humans
Chairpersons: Dr. Jiang Hong Wei and Prof. Le Xuan Hung
9:00 | Malaria situation and control activities in Khanh Hoa province. | Le Anh Dung |
9:15 | Clinical investigation of in-vivo susceptibility of P. falciparum to artesunate in Phuoc Long, Binh Phuoc Province, Vietnam | Tran Tinh Hien |
9:30 | PCR detection of Plasmodium knowlesi in blood collected from people along the border between Lao P.D.R. and Vietnam | Tiengkham Pongvongsa |
9:45 | Coffee break |
10:05 | Molecular analysis of Malaria Epidemiology in Viet Nam | Le Duc Dao |
10:20 | Using anti-P. knowlesi antibodies for epidemiological surveys | Makoto Itoh |
10:35 | Transmission study - gametocyte carriers | Shusuke Nakazawa |
11:05 | Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency among some different ethnic groups in Vietnam and some their variants | Ta Thi Tinh |
11:20 | Traditional treatment of Malaria and G6PD deficiency | Toshihiko Shine |
11:35-12:15 | Discussion |
12:15-13:30 | Lunch |
Session 2: Mosquitoes, the Malaria Vector
Chairpersons: Dr. Marcello Otake Sato and Dr. Ngo Thi Huong
13:30 | Risk of malaria transmission in different settings in Ninh Thuan province (Central Vietnam) | Ho Dinh Trung |
13:45 | The mosquito Anopheles dirus is at present the only vector that transmits malaria parasites to humans in Khanh Phu commune | Nguyen Tuyen Quang |
14:00 | Anopheles dirus: breeding sites in rural Lao PDR and the role in zoonotic malaria | Toshihiko Sunahara |
14:15 | The detection of parasites in mosquito salivary glands | Yoshimasa Maeno |
14:30 | Coffee/tea break |
14:50 | Use and perception of mosquito nets in a rural area of Laos | Futoshi Nishimoto |
15:05 | Deforestation and Malaria: Applied Remote Sensing Analysis | Bunpei Tojo |
15:20 | A microclimatological approach with human mimicking traps for vector surveillance | Gaku Masuda |
15:35-16:30 | Discussion |
16:30-18:00 | Refreshment (Small Party) Opening speech: Prof. Trieu Nguyen Trung / | Tetsu Yamashiro |
07/03/2012 (Day 2)
Session 3: Malaria in Monkeys
Chairperson: DSc. Andrew Macintosh and Dr. Hoang Minh Duc
8:30 | What can happen in behavior of monkeys under land use changes and forest fragmentation? | Takakazu Yumoto |
8:45 | How primates deal with disease and zoonoses potentially affecting humans in the tropics | Michael A. Huffman |
9:00 | Monkey Malaria: Past, Present and Future | Shusuke Nakazawa |
9:15 | Detection of monkey malaria parasites in fecal samples | Megumi Sato |
9:30 | Detection of Plasmodium knowlesi DNA in urine from an experimentally infected Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) | Satoru Kawai |
9:30 | Coffee break |
10:00 | Discussion |
11:00 | Closing remarks | Ron P. Marchand |
11:30-13:00 | Lunch |
13:30-18:00 | Visit to the research sites of Khanh Phu Malaria Unit, with dinner in Yang Bay Waterfall Tourism Park |