PROGRAM: DAY 1
May 15, 2012
PLENARY SESSION
| TIME | TITLE OF PRESENTATION | SPEAKER |
| 7:00‐9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00‐10:30 | Opening Ceremonies | |
| 10:30‐10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45‐11:15 | ‐Emerging and re‐emerging infections: Challenges in control, successes and failures | Lyndon Lee Suy |
| 11:15‐11:45 | ‐TB control in the Western Pacific Region ‐ progress and future strategies | Nobuyuki Nishikiori |
| 11:45‐12:00 | Open Forum | |
| 12:00‐1:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00‐1:30 | ‐Overview of Malaria in the Western Pacific Region and Progress towards malaria elimination | Eva M. Christophel/Bayo |
| 1:30‐2:00 | ‐Malaria Elimination | Allan Schapira |
| 2:00‐2:30 | ‐Development of Malaria Vaccine | Shigeyuki Kano |
| 2:30‐3:00 | ‐Vector control operations in dengue: are we moving in the right direction? | Indra Vythilingam |
| 3:00‐3:15 | Open Forum | |
| 3:15‐3:30 | Break | |
| 3:30‐4:00 | ‐HIV and AIDS in the Western Pacific Region Current Status, Strategy and Future Direction | Dongbao Yu |
| 4:00‐4:30 | ‐From maps to efficient, sustainable parasitic disease control in developing countries | Archie Clements |
| 4:30‐5:00 | ‐EcoHealth approaches in the control of helminthic infections | Remigio Olveda |
| 5:00‐5:15 | Open Forum | |
| 6:30 ‐ 8:30 | Welcome Dinner | |
PROGRAM: DAY 2
May 16, 2012
| PARALLEL SESSION I MALARIA AND OTHERPROTOZOAN INFECTIONS: | ||
| TIME | TITLE OF PRESENTATION | SPEAKER |
| 8:00‐8:20 | ‐Social technology development for malaria elimination program in Asia | Jun Kobayashi |
| 8:20‐8:40 | ‐New antimalarialendoperoxidesbench to bed for malaria control | Kim Hye Sook |
| 8:40‐9:00 | ‐Efficacy of artesunate monotherapy and artemisinine‐based combination therapies acts in the treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria | Huynh Hong Quang |
| 9:00‐9:20 | ‐The development of highly sensitive fluorescence‐based diagnostic tests for malaria | Binna Lee |
| 9:20‐9:40 | ‐New mutations in plasmodium vivax dhfr and dhps genes in the border of Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran | Fatemeh Soghra Maghsoodloorad |
| 9:40‐9:55 | Open Forum | |
| 9:55‐10:10 | Break | |
| 10:10‐ 10:30 | ‐Plasmodium calpain as a novel and potential drug target for malaria | Hyun‐ok Song |
| 10:30 ‐ 10:50 | ‐Fetal growth retardation in malarial pregnant mice and increase ofplacental cells apoptosis was not mediated by oxidative stress | Teguh WS |
| 10:50 ‐ 11:10 | ‐Expression profiles of peroxiredoxins in liver stage of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei | Miho Usui |
| 11:10 ‐ 11:30 | ‐Reliability andapplicability of LAMP in the diagnosis ofmalaria | Jonel Poblete |
| 11:30 ‐ 11:50 | ‐Factors associated with non‐compliance to anti‐malarial treatment regimen among malaria patients in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines | Analigaya Agoncillo |
| 11:50 ‐ 12:10 | Open Forum | |
| 12:10‐ 1:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00 ‐ 1:20 | ‐Antenatal screening and associated risk exposure for Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women | Hemah Andiappan |
| 1:20‐1:40 | ‐Toxoplasmosis in pregnant women. knowledge and practice | Veeranoot Nissapatorn |
| 1:40‐2:00 | ‐Cloning, expression and purification of Toxoplasma gondii dense granular protein 2 and 5 (GRA2 and GRA5) in Escherichia coli | Ching Xiao Teng |
| 2:00 ‐ 2:20 | ‐Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in equines in Punjab Pakistan | M. Saqib |
| 2:20 ‐ 2:40 | ‐The IgG and IgA levels induced by DNA vaccinated mice expressing nfa1 gene against Naegleria fowleri | Hae Jin Sohn |
| 2:40 ‐ 2:55 | Open Forum | |
| 2:55 ‐ 3:10 | Break | |
| 3:10 ‐ 3:30 | ‐Identification of cutaneous leishmaniasis agents in four geographical regions of Khuzestan province using Nested PCR | Maraghi |
| 3:30 ‐ 3:50 | ‐Identification of anavirulent Entamoeba histolytica strain with unique tRNA‐linked short tandem repeat markers | Aleyla Escueta |
| 3:50 ‐ 4:10 | ‐In Vitro study of herbal extracts against amoebiasis | Adovich Rivera |
| 4:10 ‐4:30 | ‐Physical and chemical parameters in association with waterborne parasites from different recreational lakes in Malaysia | Subashini Onichandran |
| 4:30 ‐ 4:50 | ‐Detection of waterborne parasites from selected recreational lakes in Selangor, Malaysia | Thulasi Kumar |
| 4:50 ‐ 5:05 | ‐Open Forum | |
PROGRAM: DAY 2
May 16, 2012
| PARALLEL SESSION II DENGUE AND OTHER ARBOVIRAL DISEASES: | ||
| TIME | TITLE OF PRESENTATION | SPEAKER |
| 8:00‐8:20 | ‐A new approach on dengue vector control strategies applying pre season survey‐based fogging(PSBF)could lowering annual case of dengue infection in | Isra Wahid |
| 8:20‐8:40 | ‐Climatevariability and increase in intensity ofdengue in Tarakan Island, East Kalimantan Indonesia | Ridad Agoes |
| 8:40‐9:00 | ‐Eco‐bio‐social factors of urban dengue in the | Fe Esperanza Caridad Espino |
| 9:00‐9:20 | ‐The co‐evolution of predation of mosquito predators, Hampala macrolepidota (Sebarau fish) on oviposition habitat selection by Aedes mosquitoes | Wan Fatma Zuharah |
| 9:20‐9:40 | ‐Aedes albopictus (Skuse) induced dengue emergence in | BK Tyagi |
| 9:40‐9:55 | Open Forum | |
| 9:55‐10:10 | Break | |
| 10:10‐10:30 | ‐Effect of existing conspecific eggs on Aedes albopictus Skuse oviposition behavior | Rozilawati binti Harun |
| 10:30‐10:50 | ‐Biological study of plant’s essential oils against Aedes aegypti | Zaridah Mohd Zaki |
| 10:50‐11:10 | ‐Ecological study on the mosquito vectors of Japanese encephalitis in | Arlene G. Bertuso |
| 11:10‐11:30 | ‐Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus circulating in mosquitoes in a non JE endemic area ‐ Tirunelveli districtin Tamil | Thenmozhi |
| 11:30‐11:45 | Open Forum | |
| 11:45‐1:00 | Lunch Break | |
| TB AND OTHERRESPIRATORY DISEASES: | ||
| TIME | TITLE OF PRESENTATION | SPEAKER |
| 1:00‐1:20 | ‐PPMD (Public PrivateMix DOTS): the science underlying this strategy to control TB | Camilo Roa |
| 1:20‐1:40 | ‐Upscaling of TB diagnostics and TB laboratory operational researches in the | NoelMacalalad |
| 1:40‐2:00 | ‐TB in prisons | Maridel Borja |
| 2:00‐2:15 | Open Forum | |
| 2:15‐2:35 | ‐Rapid detection of influenza AH1N1 virus by microfluidic chip‐based PCR assay | Je ‐Hyoung Kim |
| 2:35‐2:55 | ‐Production of monoclonal antibody for Influenza A virus (H1N1) | Jin ‐Young Lee |
| 2:55 ‐ 3:15 | ‐Acute respiratory infections in Tikapur | Kyu Jae Lee |
| 3:00‐3:15 | Open Forum | |
| 3:15 ‐ 3:30 | Break | |
| INFECTIONSIN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED CONDITIONS: | ||
| TIME | TITLE OF PRESENTATION | SPEAKER |
| 3:30 ‐ 3:50 | ‐HIV: an emerging tropical disease epidemic in the Philippines | Edcel Salvana |
| 3:50 ‐ 4:10 | ‐Update on treatment and prevention of HIV | Allan Tenorio |
| 4:10 ‐ 4:30 | ‐A rapidly rising HIV epidemic in a low prevalence country | Genesis Samonte |
| 4:30 ‐ 4:50 | ‐First blood culture isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans in | Darshana Wickrama |
| 4:50 ‐ 5:10 | ‐Iatrogenic fungal meningitis in patient with history of brain tumor | Ebrahim Hejazian |
| 5:10 ‐ 5:30 | ‐Cryptosporidiosis lung patients on HIV AIDS in Dr. Soetomo Hosptial Indonesia | James Hutagalung |
| 5:30 ‐ 5:45 | Open Forum | |
PROGRAM: DAY 3
May 17, 2012
| PARALLEL SESSION I SCHICTOSOMIASIS AND OTHER HELMINTHIC INFECTIONS: | ||
| TIME | TITLE OF PRESENTATION | SPEAKER |
| 8:00‐8:20 | ‐Overview of the NTD control/elimination programmes in the WPR | Le Anh Tuan/ Molly Brady |
| 8:20‐8:40 | ‐Operational research priorities on neglected tropical diseases | Jun Nakagawa |
| 8:40‐9:00 | ‐Schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in Irosin, Sorsogon, Philippines | Natasha Fernandez |
| 9:00‐9:20 | ‐Evaluation of recombinant thioredoxin peroxidase‐1 and tandem repeat proteins as antigens for serodiagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum infections | Jose Maria Angeles |
| 9:20 ‐ 9:35 | Open Forum | |
| 9:35 ‐ 9:55 | ‐Natural infection of Schistosoma japonicum in field rats from Gonzaga, Cagayan | Kath Nogrado |
| 9:55 ‐ 10:15 | ‐Morphometric and genetic comparison of Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi (Mollendorf) (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) geographic isolates in the | James Chua |
| 10:15 ‐10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30 ‐10:50 | ‐Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers of o­ ncomelania hupensis, the snail intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum in mainland China | Li Shizhu |
| 10:50 ‐11:05 | ‐Open Forum | |
| 11:05 ‐ 11:25 | ‐Improved efficacy of anti‐Wolbachia antibiotic by albendazole: a new approach for the control of bancroftian filariasis | S.P.Sinha Babu |
| 11:25 ‐ 11:45 | ‐After 30 years: towards control of cysticercosis in | Akira Ito |
| 11:45 ‐ 12:05 | ‐A caseStrongyloidesstercoralislarva in sputum | Mitra Tabari |
| 12:05 ‐ 1:00 | ‐Lunch Break | |
| 1:00 ‐ 1:20 | ‐Echinococcus canadensis, the main agent of cerebral hydatidosis | S.M. Sadjjadi |
| 1:20‐1:40 | ‐Anthelmintic resistance in nematodes of cattle‐ results from a survey in | Brown Besier |
| 1:40 ‐ 2:00 | ‐Is a commercial vaccine against Haemonchus contortus a realistic prospect | Brown Besier |
| 2:00 ‐ 2:20 | ‐The second human infection with Bertiella Studeri in Palembang, South Sumatera Province, Indonesia | Chairil Anwar |
| 2:20 ‐ 2:35 | ‐Open Forum | |
| 2:35 ‐ 2:55 | ‐Clinical epidemiology of human gigantica fascioliasis | Huynh Hong Quang |
| 2:55 ‐ 3:15 | ‐Prevalence of heterophyid infection and risk factors among the residents in the nunicipality of New Corella, Davao del Norte | Kaye Moendeg |
| 3:15 ‐ 3:30 | ‐Break | |
| 3:30 ‐ 3:50 | ‐Fit for school:school‐based helminth control, and therole of non‐health professionals | Juan Alfonso Leonardia |
| 3:50 ‐ 4:10 | ‐The infestation of Demodex folliculorum in 12 years old girls from Palembang South Sumatera Indonesia | Ahmad Ghiffari |
| 4:10 ‐ 4:30 | ‐Development of various stages of Malaysian forensically important blowfly Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) larvae in morgue storage: a preliminary data | Syamsa Rizal Abdullah |
| 4:30 ‐ 4:45 | Open Forum | |
| 5:30 | Closing Ceremony | |
PROGRAM: DAY 3
May 17, 2012
| PARALLEL SESSION II LEPTOSPIROSIS AND OTHER ZOONOTIC DISEASES: | ||
| TIME | TITLE OF PRESENTATION | SPEAKER |
| 8:00‐8:20 | ‐Leptospirosis in the | Lolita Cavinta |
| 8:20‐8:40 | ‐Burden ofdisease in leptospirosis | Maridel Borja |
| 8:40‐9:00 | ‐Isolation, detection and seroprevalence of Leptospiraspp. in the urban rat population of | Benacer D |
| 9:00‐9:20 | ‐Prevalence and risk factors ofzoonotic protozoa among small holder farms in Aurora Province | Clarissa Domingo |
| 9:20 ‐ 9:35 | Open Forum | |
| 9:35‐9:55 | ‐Pentastomids in wild and domestic mammals of | Mousa Tavassoli |
| 9:55 ‐ 10:15 | ‐The prevalence of bovine piroplasmosis and molecular characterization of Babesia bovis isolates from cattle in Black Sea Region, Turkey | Onder Duzlu |
| 10:15‐10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30 ‐ 10:50 | ‐Soil contamination by eggs of soil‐transmitted helminths with zoonotic potential in selected towns of | Vachel Gay V. Paller |
| 10:50 ‐11:05 | Open Forum | |
| DIARRHEAL AND OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES: | ||
| 11:05 ‐ 11:25 | ‐Causative, curative and preventive concerns in childhood diarrhea | Jossie Rogacion |
| 11:25 ‐ 11:55 | ‐Of bloody diarrhea among children less than ten years of age in Baghdad | Waqar Al Kubaisy |
| 11:55 ‐ 12:15 | ‐Combination of protein adhesion of haemaggutinin inhibition 8 kDa sub‐unit piliS. dysentriaewith cholera toxin sub‐unit B can protect come out of the solution in the intestinal mice | Sumarno dr DMM |
| 12:15‐1:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00 ‐ 1:20 | ‐Subtyping of Blastocystis isolated from asymptomatic and symptomatic patients in Libya | Awatif Mohamed Abdulsalam |
| 1:20 ‐ 1:40 | ‐Epidemiological study of Blastocystis Infection in Pateros, Metro Manila | Luz Belleza |
| 1:40 ‐ 1:55 | ‐The molecular prevalence and characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in diarrheic calves from Central Anatolian Region of Turkey | Alparslan Yildrim |
| 1:55 ‐ 2:15 | ‐Bacteriafrom Handles of Shopping Trolleys inSupermarketsin | Cheah tong soon |
| 2:15‐2:30 | Open Forum | |
| Use of RS/GIS and Modelling in Disease Research | ||
| TIME | TITLE OF PRESENTATION | SPEAKER |
| 2:30‐2:50 | ‐GIS mapping of Leptospirosis | Bobby Crisostomo |
| 2:50 ‐3:10 | ‐Spatial correlation in small scale between malaria cases and water‐bodies in anopheles sinensis dominated areas in | Zhang Shao‐sen |
| 3:10 ‐ 3:30 | ‐A spatial approach to quantifying theWASH‐helminth infection‐anaemia causal pathway in children: the example of sub‐Saharan | Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães |
| 3:30 ‐ 3:45 | ‐Break | |
| 3:45 ‐ 4:05 | ‐Multi ‐level modelling of the eco‐social determinants of schistosomiasis infection in People’s Republic of | Kun Yang |
| 4:05 ‐ 4:20 | ‐Open Forum | |
| 4:20 ‐ 4:40 | ‐Winning the battle but losing the war: methicillin‐resistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) infection at tertiary care hospital in | Darshana Wickrama |
| 4:40 ‐ 5:00 | ‐Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage screening in a hospital in | Hassanain Al‐Talib |
| 5:00 ‐ 5:15 | ‐Open Forum | |
| 5:30 | ‐Closing Ceremony | |











