INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MALARIA
New Delhi, 4-6 November 2005

Programme

Day 1: Friday, 4 November 2005

08:00-10:00 / REGISTRATION

Hall ‘A’(Symposia Hall, NASC Complex)

10:00-11:40 / INAUGURAL SESSION
11:40-12:20 / HIGH TEA
12:20-13:00 / PLENARY SPEAKER
VSChauhan,India / Alkylation of heme by artemisinin; a possible mode of action of the anti-malarial drug
1300-1400 / LUNCH BREAK
VECTOR BIOLOGY & CONTROL
14:00-14:40 / INVITED SPEAKERS
Sylvie Manguin, France / Update on the main malaria vectors in Asia: Implications on vector control
S Jayachandran, India / Emerging trends in Pest Control: Role of Bacillus thuringiensis
14:40-15:30 / FREE PAPERS
RK Gupta, USA / Design, identify safe and effective target specific vector countermeasures by 3D pharmacophore modeling
N Arora,India / A simple expert system for rapid identification of mosquito species
MI Daniel, Nigeria / Quality control of mosquito insecticide treated net as a preventive measure
VK Dua, India / Industrial Malaria Control : Results of A 15-year study on malaria control at five major industrial complexes of India
MR Abai, Iran / Some biological features of Anopheles (Anopheles) peditaeniatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in endemic malaria foci, southeastern Iran
15:30-16:00 / TEA BREAK
VECTOR BIOLOGY & CONTROL
16:00-16:20 / INVITED SPEAKER
DR Roberts, USA / Impact of policies against indoor residual spraying on malaria control in the Americas
16:20-17:00 / FREE PAPERS
T Kumar, India / In Indian scenario, the vector control is the most powerful weapon against demon like Malaria
N Mahapatra, India / Sibling species prevalence in Angul district
SylvieManguin, France / The Minimus and Fluviatilis Complexes of Anopheles, main malaria vectors in Asia: How close are they?
TR Mani, India / The validity of estimating Anopheles populations by hand-catch method

Day 1: Friday, 4 November 2005

Hall ‘B’ (Committee Room I, NASC Complex)

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS
14:00-15:00 / INVITED SPEAKERS
R Ménard, France / A new view at the journey of the malaria sporozoite in its hosts
ShobhonaSharma, India / Plasmodium-infected red blood cells exhibit reduced flow and alter flowing properties of uninfected red cells
R Bhatnagar, India / Mosquito innate immunity: involvement of a serine protease and prophenoloxidase in melanotic encapsulation immune responses in Indian malarial vector, A culicifacies
15:00-15:30 / FREE PAPERS
AS Bell, UK / Competition among genetically diverse malaria infections corresponds to parasite virulence
S Chatterjee, Belgium / Improved quantification of Plasmodium exoerythrocytic forms in rodents
T Surentheran, UK / The stevor multigene family: protein expression and localisation in different Plasmodium falciparum developmental stages
15:30-16:00 / TEA BREAK
CHEMOTHERAPY, DRUG RESISTANCE & CLINICAL MANAGEMENT
16:00-16:40 / INVITED SPEAKERS
Jean-Paul Guthmann , France / In vivo assessement of treatment of falciparum malaria: methodologicalissues
VK Bhasin, India / Drugs augmenting artemisinin’s anti-falciparum efficacy in vitro
16:40-17:00 / FREEPAPERS
US Bagai,India / Comparison of chloroquine and china on clearance of Plasmodium berghei from blood of Balb/c mice
AK Bhattacharjee, USA / In silico 3D pharmacophore models to aid the discovery and design of new antimalarial agents

Day 1: Friday, 4 November 2005

Hall ‘C’ (Committee Room II, NASC Complex)

PARASITE BIOLOGY
14:00-14:40 / INVITED SPEAKERS
C Chitnis, India / Erythrocyte invasion by malaria parasite
U Tatu, India / Heat shock protein 90 from Plasmodium falciparum as a potential drug target against malaria
14:40-15:30 / FREE PAPERS
G Kapoor, India / Purification of Glutathione Reductase from Plasmodium berghei
GH Mitchell, UK / Development of the parasitophorous vacuole membrane in Plasmodiumknowlesi: observations suggesting a phospholipid generating chemistry in invasive merozoites
HS Banyal, India / Activity of glutathione synthetase of Plasmodium berghei
SK Sharma, India / γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase activity from asexual erythrocytic stages of rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei
SK Sharma, India / Plasmodium berghei γ - glutamylcysteine synthetase: purification and characterization
15:30-16:00 / TEA BREAK
IMMUNOLOGY & VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
16:00-16:40 / INVITED SPEAKERS
N Kumar, USA / Both malaria parasite and mosquito vector do not distinguish between friends and foe why should people? Making a case for malaria transmission blocking vaccination
L Zheng, USA / Innate Immune Responses in the Malaria Vector, Anophelesgambiae
16:40-17:10 / FREE PAPERS
S Dutta, USA / Biology of the Apical Membrane Antigen-1 of Plasmodium and strain specificity of immune responses against this important malaria vaccine candidate
V Rajesh, India / Polymorphism studies and structural analysis of variation in AMA1 from field isolates in India
EO Nyangoto, Kenya / Production of Tumor Necrosis Factor-a, Nitric oxide, Hydrogen peroxide and the Involvement of Immune complexes in the Pathogenesis of complicated Malaria

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MALARIA
New Delhi, 4-6 November 2005

Programme

Day 2: Saturday, 5 November 2005

Hall ‘A’ (Symposia Hall, NASC Complex)

09:30-10:10 / PLENARY SPEAKER
A Lal, USA / Prospects for Malaria Control and Elimination in India
VECTOR BIOLOGY & CONTROL
10:10-10:30 / INVITED SPEAKER
R Maharaj, South Africa / Successful Malaria Vector Control Using Indoor Residual Spraying In Southern Africa
10:30-11:15 / FREE PAPERS
DR Roberts, USA / The chemical actions of DDT and other insecticides recommended for indoor residual spray programs
GRA Okogun, Nigeria / Life table analysis of anopheles malaria vectors: Generational mortality as tool in mosquito vector abundance and control studies
IO Oyewole, Nigeria / Behaviour and population dynamics of Anophelesgambiae s l in a malaria endemic area in southwestern Nigeria
N Surendran, Sri Lanka / Some bionomics of sibling species B and E in the Anophelesculicifacies species complex in Sri Lanka
Nanda N, India / Anophelesfluviatilis species S-related malaria in hyper endemic districts of Orissa state, India
11:15-11:45 / TEA BREAK
VECTOR BIOLOGY & CONTROL
11:45-12:05 / INVITED SPEAKER
DN Deobhagkar, India / Can high ambient temperature modulate gut microflora and vectoral competence of mosquito?
12:05-13:00 / FREE PAPERS
A Raeisi, Iran / Understanding bionomics of main malaria vectors in irrigated areas of southern Baluchistan, for implementation of impregnated bednet in Iran
H Vatandoost, Iran / Ecology of Anophelesfluviatilis James in a malarious area, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan province, southern Iran
K Raghavendra, India / Insecticide resistance in Anophelesculicifacies : Options for control and management
K Viswanathan, India / Role of household insecticides in mosquito control
Oyewole IO, Nigeria / Impact of urbanisation on the bionomics and distribution of malaria vectors around Lagos, south-western Nigeria
SK Gakhar, India / Development of mosquito transgenesis in Anopheles stephensi to control malaria
13:00-14:30 / LUNCH BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MALARIA PARASITES AND VECTORS
14:30-15:10 / INVITED SPEAKERS
Jane M Carlton, USA / The Plasmodium vivax Genome Sequence and Comparative Analysis with Plasmodiumfalciparum
YD Sharma, India / Molecular epidemiology of drug resistant malaria
15:10-16:00 / FREE PAPERS
S Chaubey, India / Translation within the apicoplast of Plasmodium falciparum is targeted by thiostrepton
AA Eskandarian, Iran / Molecular assessment of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to antifolate drugs in endemic malarious areas in Iran
S Mishra, India / An efficient detection of chloroquine resistance marker in pfCRT gene of Plasmodiumfalciparum from complicated Malaria Samples By PCR-SSCP analysis
A Mohanty, India / Molecular study of Anophelesfluviatilis species complex in different geographical regions of Orissa
MR Ranjit, India / The PfCRT (K76T) point mutation favours clone multiplicity and disease severity in Plasmodiumfalciparum infection
16:00-16:30 / TEA BREAK
16:30-17:15 / PLENARY SPEAKER
G Padmanabhan, India / Quest for drugs and drug targets against malaria- Old and New

Day 2: Saturday, 5 November 2005

Hall ‘B’ (Committee Room I, NASC Complex)

CHEMOTHERAPY, DRUG RESISTANCE & CLINICAL MANAGEMENT
10:10-10:30 / INVITED SPEAKERS
DH Hamer, USA / Vitamin A, Zinc, and Paediatric Malaria
10:30-11:15 / FREE PAPERS
A Das, India / Severe malaria caused by Plasmodiumvivax with Type 1 CSP repeats
GPChhotray, India / Distribution of P falciparum genotypes in clinically mild and severe malaria cases in orissa, india
AA Joshi, India / Rational design and synthesis of 5-heteroarylaminopyrimidoquinolines as potential antimalarials
PK Mandal, India / Efficacy of arteether in chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria in eastern India
DK Kochar, India / A comparative study of regression of jaundice in malaria and acute viral hepatitis
11:15-11:45 / TEA BREAK
CHEMOTHERAPY, DRUG RESISTANCE & CLINICAL MANAGEMENT
11:45-12:25 / INVITED SPEAKERS
K Yeboah-Antwi,USA / Iron, anaemia and malaria
SK Jain, India / Artemisinin: Biotechnological approaches for enhanced biosynthesis and molecular mechanism of its action
12:25-13:00 / FREE PAPERS
BN Mohapatra, India / High Serum Triglyceride (TG) level – A predictor of severity in falciparum malaria
SK Mishra, India / A randomised comparison of artesunate versus quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria
MK Mohapatra, India / The natural history and assessment of severity of organ dysfunction in complicated falciparum malaria
A Pareek, India / Efficacy and safety of b-arteether and a/b-arteether injections in acute falciparum malaria: a double blind, randomised multicentric clinical trial
13:00-14:30 / LUNCH BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
CHEMOTHERAPY, DRUG RESISTANCE & CLINICAL MANAGEMENT
14:30-15:10 / INVITED SPEAKERS
PV Venugopal, Switzerland / R & D in antimalarials: Past, present and future
N Kshirsagar,India / Drug resistance
15:10-16:00 / FREE PAPERS
S Parikh, USA / HIV protease inhibitors target the malaria parasite, Plasmodiumfalciparum
KP Pattnaik, India / Study of comparative efficacy and safety of quinine or artesunate alone or their combination in severe falciparum malaria
RS Rajakaruna, Sri Lanka / Role of private drug vendors on malaria treatment in Sri Lanka
SK Sharma, India / Assessment of therapeutic response of chloroquine and sulfa-pyrimethamine in uncomplicated P falciparum malaria cases in Sundargarh and Mayurbhanj districts of Orissa
P Hamade, UK / Implementing artesunate combination treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Assam state
Broek van den, UK / Efficacy of combination therapies for uncomplicated Plasmodiumfalciparum malaria in the ChittagongHilltracts, Bangladesh
16:00-16:30 / TEA BREAK

Day 2: Saturday, 5 November 2005

Hall ‘C’ (Committee Room II, NASC Complex)

IMMUNOLOGY & VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
10:10-10:30 / INVITED SPEAKER
RA Vishwakarma, India / New and convergent chemical synthesis of full-length GPI-anchor of Plasmodiumfalciparum
10:30-11:15 / FREE PAPERS
GK Jarori, India / P falciparum Enolase
L Rénia,France / Cross-stage immunity induced by vaccination with blood parasite under chloroquine treatment
PV Lalitha,India / Production and immune analysis of Domain I+II of AMA-1 ectodomain from Indian P falciparum isolates
WR Weiss, USA / Pre-erythrocytic immunity in Primates: CD8+ T cells play a prominent role in protecting rhesus monkeys against infection by Plasmodiumknowlesi sporozoites
DV Desai, India / Prediction of Promiscuous MHC binding Antigenic Peptides of some Malarial Proteins
11:15-11:45 / TEA BREAK
EPIDEMIOLOGY
11:45-12:05 / INVITED SPEAKER
B Singh, Malaysia / Natural infections of humans with Plasmodiumknowlesi
12:05-13:00 / FREE PAPERS
RK Das, India / Tribal malaria in Orissa, India
RC Dhiman,India / Feasibility of using sea surface temperature for early warning of malaria
RK Hazra,India / The effect of insecticide-treated bed nets on morbidity of Boarding School children
VG Pinto Silva,India / Secular trends of Malaria in Goa: 1991-2004
HK Sondharwa,India / Control of vector borne diseases in Surat city, Gujarat
SC Tewari,India / An appraisal on the control of riverine malaria in south India
13:00-14:30 / LUNCH BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING
EPIDEMIOLOGY
14:30-14:50 / INVITED SPEAKER
Feiko O. ter Kuile, UK / Interaction between malaria and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
14:50-16:00 / FREE PAPERS
AV Trivedi, India / Importance of surveillance in Malaria, a simple tool to recognize unusual outcomes
BK Tyagi, India / Malaria in canal-irrigated Thar desert, northwestern India
SP Yadav, India / Role of population movement in transmission of malaria in desert part of Rajasthan, India
A Kumar, India / Malaria Disease Burden Estimation in India: Some prickly issues, challenges and opportunities
T Kumar,India / Malaria is endemic in Orrisa but not in Kerala where as the ecological environment is more favorable for malaria in Kerala
DK Kochar,India / Severe Plasmodiumvivax malaria
16:00-16:30 / TEA BREAK

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MALARIA
New Delhi, 4-6 November 2005

Programme

Day 3: Sunday, 6 November 2005

Hall ‘A’ (Symposia Hall, NASC Complex)

9:30-10:10 / PLENARY SPEAKER
Kamini N Mendis, Switzerland / Rolling Back Malaria: Facing the challenges through scientific research
10:10-10:40 / TEA BREAK
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MALARIA PARASITES AND VECTORS
10:40-11:20 / INVITED SPEAKERS
V Udhayakumar,USA / Molecular Studies on Antifolate Resistance to Malaria Parasites in Africa
P Malhotra,India / Role of falcipain-2, a principal cysteine protease of P falciparum in merozoite egression
11:20-12:10 / FREE PAPERS
R Tuteja, India / A novel ‘DEAD-box’ DNA helicase from Plasmodium falciparum is schizont stage specific, bipolar and stimulated by PKC phosphorylation
V Saxena, India / Characterization of plastid DNA Elongation factor Tuf A from Plasmodiumvivax
H Joshi, India / Genetic polymorphism among human Plasmodia species in India
PK Sahu,India / Allelic variation of Plasmodiumfalciparum isolates in Orissa
A Das,India / Evolutionary puzzle of Plasmodium falciparum: New hopes with advances in genomics and bioinformatics
12:10-13:00 / POSTER VIEWING
13:00-14:00 / LUNCH BREAK
14:00-15:00 / VALEDICTORY FUNCTION

Day 3: Sunday, 6 November 2005

Hall ‘B’ (Committee Room I, NASC Complex)

DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS
10:40-12:00 / FREE PAPERS
Cheng Tein-Ming,Taiwan / A novel capillary-like microchannel for rapid diagnosis and microrheology of human malaria parasite Plasmodiumfalciparum erythrocytes
P Elhence, India / Screening of blood donors to prevent transfusion transmitted malaria in India
A Ghosh, India / Prevalence of Plasmodiumfalciparumin peripheral smear of pyrexia patients at OPD of Agartala Government Medical College G B Pant Hospital during 2003 – 2005 March
N Gopalan, India / Detection of HRP-II antigen from plasmodium falciparum by letex agglutination test
T Majumdar, India / Pattern of vector born parasitic infection in Tripura –diagnosed by QBC assay
DJ Padley, UK / Description of an on-going Collaborative Study for the Characterisation of an International Standard for Plasmodiumfalciparum Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays
S Matta, India / Use of Dipstick /Quantitative Buffy Coat Technique (QBC) for diagnosing Malaria in public & private laboratories
12:00-13:00 / POSTER VIEWING
13:00-14:00 / LUNCH BREAK

Day 3: Sunday, 6 November 2005

Hall ‘C’ (Committee Room II, NASC Complex)

COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MALARIA
10:40-12:00 / FREE PAPERS
MH Anvari, Iran / Demographic status of malaria in Yazdprovince of I.R. Iran during 1985-2001
H Laddoni,Iran / Some ecological aspects of Anophelesstephensi liston, the main malaria vector in an endemic focus of malaria in Bandar Abbas district, south of Iran
A Mahapatra,India / Malaria Research after 125 years: An anthropological perspective
GRA Okogun,Nigeria / Epidemiology, Therapeutic agents and Cost of Management of Paediatric Malaria in a NigeriaTertiaryHospital
MA Salam,Bangladesh / Community-based malaria prevention and control program of BRAC in Chittagong hill tracts of Bangladesh
SS Sahu, India / Feasibility of involving Traditional Health Healers (Disharis) in the presumptive treatment of malaria cases in tribal areas in India
12:00-13:00 / POSTER VIEWING
13:00-14:00 / LUNCH BREAK