17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases
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<str<strong>on</strong>g>17th</str<strong>on</strong>g> INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES<br />
Scientific Program ~ Thursday, March 3, 2016<br />
10.002 Influenza preparedness including H1N1<br />
M. Chadha<br />
Pune (India)<br />
10.003 C<strong>on</strong>ducting clinical trials in the outbreak<br />
setting—MSF`s perspective<br />
H. De Clerck<br />
Antwerp (Belgium)<br />
10.004 WHO reforms and UN acti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
D. Lucey<br />
Washingt<strong>on</strong>, DC (USA)<br />
Sessi<strong>on</strong> 11 CME<br />
Symposium<br />
Advances and Understanding in<br />
the Management of Drug Resistant<br />
Tuberculosis<br />
Co-Chairs: Rajesh Gokhale, India<br />
Robert S. Wallis, USA<br />
Room: Hall 5 15:45–17:45<br />
Ground Floor Thursday, March 3, 2016<br />
11.001 Diagnostic advances in assessing drug<br />
resistant tuberculosis<br />
C. Rodrigues<br />
Mumbai (India)<br />
11.002 Translating genomics research into c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
of MDR tuberculosis: Less<strong>on</strong>s learned and<br />
future prospects<br />
M. P. Nicol<br />
Cape Town (South Africa)<br />
11.003 Advances in the understanding and<br />
management of drug-resistant tuberculosis<br />
R. S. Wallis<br />
Johannesburg (South Africa)<br />
11.004 Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children:<br />
Special c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
F. Qamar<br />
Karachi (Pakistan)<br />
Member proposed symposium<br />
Sessi<strong>on</strong> 12 CME<br />
Symposium<br />
Malaria—Hot Topics<br />
Co-Chairs: Nicholas White, Thailand<br />
Virander S. Chauhan, India<br />
Room: Hall 6 15:45–17:45<br />
Ground Floor Thursday, March 3, 2016<br />
12.001 The threat of antimalarial drug resistance<br />
E. Ashley<br />
L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong> (United Kingdom)<br />
12.002 Declining efficacy of mefloquine-artesunate<br />
combinati<strong>on</strong> and relative role of<br />
drug-resistant molecular markers:<br />
Thai-Myanmar Border 2003–2013<br />
A. P. Phyo<br />
Maesot Tak (Thailand)<br />
12.003 Malaria preventi<strong>on</strong> strategies<br />
L. V<strong>on</strong> Seidlein<br />
Bangkok (Thailand)<br />
12.004 Management of relapsing<br />
Plasmodium vivax malaria<br />
C. Chu<br />
Bangkok (Thailand)<br />
Sessi<strong>on</strong> 13 CME<br />
Symposium<br />
New Insights <strong>on</strong> Rickettsial Infecti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Co-Chairs: Dilip Mathai, India<br />
Ranjan Premaratna, Sri Lanka<br />
Room: G.01–03 15:45–17:45<br />
Ground Floor Thursday, March 3, 2016<br />
13.001 Epidemiology and ecology of rickettsial<br />
infecti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
R. Premaratna<br />
Ragama (Sri Lanka)<br />
13.002 Challenges and opportunities in the<br />
diagnosis and management of rickettsial<br />
infecti<strong>on</strong>s in Southeast Asia<br />
G. M. Varghese<br />
Vellore (India)<br />
13.003 Current understanding of scrub typhus<br />
immunity and vaccine development:<br />
The way ahead<br />
D. H. Walker<br />
Galvest<strong>on</strong>, TX (USA)<br />
13.004 Rickettsia felis burden in the tropics<br />
E. Angelakis<br />
Marseille (France)<br />
THURSDAY • March 3, 2016<br />
#<str<strong>on</strong>g>17th</str<strong>on</strong>g>ICID FINAL PROGRAM ~ 31
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