1St Working Group Meeting & 2Nd Management Committee Meeting CYSTINET

COST Action TD1302 CYSTINET 25/04/2014

1st Working group meeting & 2nd Management Committee meeting CYSTINET

Évora University-Colégio do Espirito Santo

Largo dos Colegiais 2, 7004-516

06-07/05/2014, Evora, Portugal

Preliminary program:

06/05/2014: Working Group Meeting

9:30–13:00: Plenary session: Room 124

(session chair: tbc)

-9:30Welcome (S. Gabriël and M. Vilhena)

-9:50 Presentation ofthe COST action TD1302 CYSTINET andgeneral progress (S. Gabriël)

-10:15CYSTINET administration: reimbursement rules(Tom Koyen)

-10:30Coffee break

-10:45- 12:00Presentation of progress and challenges of each WG:

-12:00-13:00 Presentations of MC members:

P. Dorny: Evaluation of post mortem detection methods for bovine cysticercosis
M. Vilhena: Cysticercosis in Portugal through GDH
C. Vasile: Molecular epidemiological studies of meat-borne parasitic infections with Taenia /Cysticercus spp., in Romania - future project
M. Vang Johansen: Prevalence study of cysticercosis in Estonian pigs and cattle
U. Nagel-Kohl: results of meat inspection concerning the prevalence of cysticercosis in Germany

13:00-14:00 Lunch: Room 129

14:00-18h00Separate WG meetings (chaired by (co-)WG leaders):

-Presentations by early stage researchers

E. Barabas: Human cases of taeniasis and cysticercosis in Roma
M. Varady: taeniosis/cysticercosis in Slovakia: epidemiology, impact and issues
N. Wardrop: The spatial epidemiology of tapeworm infections in humans and pigs in rural Kenya.
B. Bobić: The current status of taeniosis and cysticercosis in Serbia.
Coffee break followed by discussion
WG2: Room 124
B. Victor: Taenia solium: the search for unique proteins
O. Dulovic: Neurocysticercosis in Serbia – diagnosis, clinical characteristics and therapy
H. Richter: Landscape analysis on prevalence and management of neurocysticercosis in European territories
A. Cozma: Studies on the pathogenesis of Cysticercus tenuicollis infection by use of a lamb model
Coffee break followed by discussion
WG3: Room 242
R.Eichenberger: Breaking the Taenia saginata life cycle – efforts from Switzerland
M. Vang Johansen: e-pig
S. Thys: Why pigs are free-roaming free: Communities’ perceptions and practices regarding pig management in a Taenia solium endemic rural area in Eastern Zambia.
Coffee break followed by discussion

CYSTINET Dinner: Jardim dos Paços: Rua Augusto Filipe Simões 5, Palácio das Cinco Quinas, 7000 Évora Time: 19:00

07/05/2014:

09:00-13:00: Working Group Meeting:

Plenary session: Room 124

(session chair tbc)

09h00 Welcome to Invited speakers and stakeholders

-Representative University of Evora

-WHO Africa: small presentation, TO BE CONFIRMED

-Invited speakers:

9:20 Dr. AgnesFleury, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México; Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía. “human neurocysticercosis, host-parasite-environment interactions: what factors influence the process of getting infected and developing (or not) clinical NCC?”
09:45Prof. Dr. Lee Willingham, One Health Center for Zoonoses and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies. “Control and Prevention”
10:10DrTarunDua, Program for Neurological Diseases and Neuroscience, Management of Mental and Brain Disorders, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, WHO. “Epilepsy and its challenges in low income countries” (via skype)
10:35 Coffeebreak
11:00 Dr. Emilie Gay, Epidemiology unit, Anses - Laboratoire de Lyon, France. “Surveillance of bovine cysticercosis”
11:25 Dr. Bernadette Abela-Ridder, Neglected zoonotic diseases, WHO: via skype

-12:00 Presentations of discussions and decisions of the separate WG meeting

-13:30 Closure of Working Group meeting and Lunch (Room 129)

15h00-18h00: Management Committee Meeting: restricted to MC members and observers: Room 242.