SSNWTH 99 Second Symposium on New World Trypanosomes and other Hemoparasites     Romulo Gallegos University San Juan de Los Morros, Guarico, Venezuela October 13 - 15, 1999

VENUE:

Romulo Gallegos University,
San Juan de los Morros, Guarico State,
Venezuela.

COSTS:

In order to encourage participation by Scientists from all continents, there will be no registration fee for the Symposium. However, participants are responsible for all their travel, accomodations and meal expenses.

HOTELS:

The Morros Grand Hotel.***
Carretera Villa de Cura entrada San Juan de Los Morros, estado Guarico, Venezuela.
Telefaxes +58 46 318232.
Characteristics: Three Stars Hotel, all  rooms with air conditioned, swimming-pool, restaurant, rapid food and drinks, etc.
Room Costs: $ 25 single; $ 30 Double; $ 35 Triple.

Santa Monica Hotel.***
Avenida Miranda, frente al Parque Los Morros, San Juan de Los Morros, estado Guarico, Venezuela.
Telefaxes: +58 46 311376.
Characteristics: Three Stars Hotel, all  rooms with air conditioned, swimming-pool, restaurant, rapid food and drinks, room service, etc.
Room Costs: $ 25 single; $ 30 Double; $ 35 Triple.

Ana Hotel.**
Avenida Los Puentes, redoma de La Bandera, frente al Comando de la Guarnición, San Juan de los Morros. estado Guarico, Venezuela.
Telefaxes: +58 46 320094; +58 46 315134.
Characteristics: Two Stars Hotel, all  rooms with air conditioned,  restaurant, room service, etc.
Room Costs: $ 20 single; $ 25 Double; $ 25 Triple.
 

TRAVEL AGENCY:

THE BEST CHOICE VIAJES Y TURISMO, C.A., for all aspects related to Hotel Reservation, Local Travel and Tours Contact to Ms. Ana Cecilia MEWA, Telefaxes: +58 43 460447; 463071; 460330. Mobile Cellular: 014 9 452901. Email´s: thebestchoice@cantv.net; ceciliamewa@hotmail.com
 

RESTAURANTS:

1.- Carne en Vara La Mulata.
Comida Tipica Llanera (Carne  de res en vara, cachapas, etc.,  musica criolla en vivo).
Carretera Villa de Cura - San Juan de los Morros, 2 km antes de llegar a  San Juan de Los Morros.
Costo/persona aproximado {Cost/person, aproximate}: Almuerzo y/o cena (comida + refresco + cerveza] complete lunch and/or dinner}: $ 8.

2.- Tasca Restaurant El Mesón de Las Cañadas.
Restaurant, Tasca, Comida Criolla e Internacional. Musica. Aire acondicionado.
A la entrada de San Juan viniendo de Villa de Cura en la Carretera nacional cruce con la Avenida Bolívar.
Costo/persona aproximado: entre $10 y $15.

3.- Tasca La Fuente.
Tasca, Cerveceria, Restaurant, especialidades en Mariscos, Paellas, Pollo, Parrillas. Comida Internacional. Aire Acondicionado. Musica.
Carretera Nacional viniendo de Villa de Cura, entrada San Juan de Los Morros, estado Guarico, Venezuela.
Costo/persona aproximado: entre $10 y $20.

4.- El Rey de la Pasta.
Comida Italiana, Internacional. Calle Páez cruce con Calle Roscio.
Costo/persona aproximado: entre $8 y $15.
 

LOCAL TRAVELS:

Aeropuerto Internacional Simon Bolivar (Caracas) to San Juan de Los Morros, Venezuela.
Aproximate costs:
Van with air conditioned: $ 120 (distance +/- 250 km).

There is not available air travel from Caracas to San Juan de Los Morros.

VISA:

Please ask the Venezuelan Embassy of your country about the need of VISA to enter Venezuela.

VENEZUELAN RELATED LINKS:

Venezuelan Webs: http://www.venezuelanweb.com
El Directorio de lo Nuestro: http://www.likiliki.com
Oficina Central de Estadistica e Informatica: http://www.ocei.gov.ve
FUNDACITE - Aragua: http://www.fundacite.arg.gov.ve
 

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

We encourage interested people to submit abtracts. They will be published in the proceedings of the Simposium.
 

TENTATIVE PROGRAM:

Wednesday, 13-10-99:

07.30 am DEPARTURE FOR ROMULO GALLEGOS UNIVERSITY
07.00 am - 08.00 am.....Registration and Coffee
08.00 am - 09.30 am.....Opening Ceremony
09.30 am - 11.30 am.....SESSION I
11.30 am - 11.45 am..... Coffee Break
11.45 am - 01.15 pm......SESSION II
01.15 pm - 02.15 pm.......LUNCH (in site)
02.15 pm - 04.15 pm....... SESSION III
04.15 pm - 04.30 pm....... Coffee Break
04.30 pm - 06.30 pm.......SESSION III (Cont.)
06.30 pm - 07.00 pm........DISCUSSION
07.00 pm ........................DEPARTURE FOR HOTEL
08.30 pm.........................DEPARTURE FOR WELCOME COCKTAIL AT THE BAÑOS TERMALES CLUB
10.30 pm.........................DEPARTURE FOR HOTEL

Thursday, 14-10-99:

09.00 am.......................DEPARTURE FOR ROMULO GALLEGOS UNIVERSITY
09.15 am - 09.30 am......Coffee
09.30 am - 11.30 am.....SESSION IV
11.30 am - 11.45 am..... Coffee Break
11.45 am - 01.15 pm....SESSION IV (Cont.)
01.15 pm - 02.15 pm......LUNCH (in site)
02.15 pm - 04.15 pm.......SESSION V
04.15 pm - 04. 30 pm..... Coffee Break
04.30 pm - 06.30 pm.......SESSION VI
06.30 pm - 07.00 pm.......DISCUSSION
07.00 pm.......................DEPARTURE FOR HOTEL
08.30 pm.......................DEPARTURE FOR CULTURAL NIGHT
10.30 pm.......................DEPARTURE FOR HOTEL

Friday, 15-10-99:

09.00 Am......................DEPARTURE FOR ROMULO GALLEGOS UNIVERSITY
09.15 am - 09.30 am......Coffee
09.30 am - 11.30 am......SESSION VII
09.15 am - 09.30 am......Coffee
09.30 am - 11.30 am......SESSION VII
11.30 am - 11.45 am......Coffee Break
11.45 am - 01.15 pm........SESSION VIII
01.15 pm - 02. 15 pm.......LUNCH (in site)
02.15 pm - 04.15 pm....... SESSION IX
04.15 pm - 04.30 pm.......Coffee Break
04.30 pm - 06.30 pm........SESSION X
06.30 pm - 07.00 pm........DISCUSSION
07.00 pm - 07.30 pm....CONCLUTIONS AND RECCOMENDATIONS
07.30 pm - 08.00 pm.........CLOSURE AND CERTIFICATES
08.00 pm.........................DEPARTURE FOR HOTEL

FREE NIGHT

Saturday, 16-10-99:

08.00 am........................DEPARTURE FOR ROMULO GALLEGOS UNIVERSITY BOVINE FARM IN ZARAZA, GUARICO STATE, TOUR AND LUNCH (COUNTRY PARTY) (FIESTA LLANERA)

04.00 pm........................DEPARTURE FOR HOTEL.

THEMES FOR SESSIONS:

Opening Conferences:

Louis Touratier (OIE, France): Updating our current knowledge about NTTAT.

Philippe Truc (IRD, France):Some trypanosomes of the World: from morphology to molecular biology

Guy D. M. d´Ieteren (ILRI, Kenya): ILRI research on trypanosomosis control and its possible relevance to Latin America.

Pedro M. Aso (USB, Venezuela): Realidad de las Investigaciones sobre Hemoparásitos en Venezuela

Cruz María Árraga de Alvarado (FCV-LUZ, Venezuela): Diagnóstico de Ehrlichias y Rickettsias Plaquetarias en Animales y Humanos en el Estado Zulia.

SESSION I

Taxonomy, Morphology, Cellular and Molecular Biology of Trypanosoma spp. and other Hemoparasites (Anaplasma spp., Babesia spp., Erhlichia spp.)

Salvatore Giardina (USB, Venezuela): Estudios in vitro de los ligandos y Receptores de Anaplasma marginale a Eritrocitos Bovinos.

Marisa Gonzatti (USB, Venezuela): Proteasas de Trypanosoma evansi.

Rosangela Zacarias Machado (UNESP, Brazil): Aspectos Clinicos, Bioquímicos e Imunopatologicos Associados às Tripanosomiases em Animais Domesticos e Sivestres.

Alberto M. R. Dávila (DBBM, FIOCRUZ, Brazil): Molecular Markers for Typing and Diagnosis of T. vivax

Antonia M. R. Franco (IOC-FIOCRUZ, Brasil): Aspectos biológicos e moleculares dos parasitas do genero Endotrypanum

Cruz María Arraga de Alvarado (FCV-LUZ, Venezuela): Aspectos Generales de Ehrlichia spp. en Venezuela.
 
 

SESSION II

Life Cycle, Transmission, General Aspects about Vectors of Trypanosoma spp. and other Hemoparasites.

Martin Hall (The Natural Museum, London, UK): Tabanids as Vectors of Bovine Trypanosomiasis in Bolivia

Ana Teresa Guillén (IIV-CENIAP-FONAIAP): Evaluación del Cultivo in vitro de Babesia bovis en Venezuela.

Joaquin H. Patarroyo (UFV, Brazil): Mapeamento "In vitro" de epitopos T de proteina de roptrias B0 60 de Babesia bovis

Lane Foil (Louisina State University, USA) - Biology and Control of Biting Flies

Edmundo Grisard (UFSC): Trypanosoma rangeli: Biology and Taxonomy

Alfredo Coronado (UCLA, Venezuela): Ixodids as Vectors of Hemoparasites in Venezuela.

SESSION III

Immunology and Immunochemistry. Pathology and Diagnosis. Effects on Animal Reproduction.

Marc Desquesnes (CIRDES, Burkina Faso): Short Review on Trypanosome Diagnosis.

Rosangela Zacarias Machado (UNESP, Brazil): Pathology and Diagnosis of T. evansi.

Kim Picozzi (CTVM, UK): Trypanosomal diagnosis - a comparison of DNA isolation methods from dried blood samples

Pedro M. Aso (USB, Venezuela): Antígenos Solubles de Anaplasma marginale.

Mary Isabel Gonzatti (Venezuela): Proteasas de Trypanosoma evansi.

Jamiu Ogunbanwo (ICGEB, India): A Study  on the Histopathology of Trypanosome Infected Anti-Protozoal Treated Rats

David Ogwu (ABU, Nigeria): Effects of Tryps Infection on Pregnant Bovine.

Basil Ikede (Upei, Canada): An Overview of Skin Lesions in Human and Animal Trypanosomoses.

Noris Roa (IIZ-FONAIAP, Venezuela): Trypanosomoses: Effects on Animal Reproduction.

Espartaco Sandoval (CIAEY-FONAIAP, Venezuela): Hematologic Variations in Sheep and Goats Trypanosomoses due T. vivax.

Disney Pino Ramírez (FCV-LUZ, Venezuela): Aspectos Fisiopatológicos del Síndrome Anémico Hemolítico Provocado por Agentes Hemotrópicos.

Gulnaz D. Ilgekbayeva (Kasakh Research Institute of Veterinary, Kazakstan): New Method of Serological Diagnostics of Trypanosomosis (T. equiperdum) of Horses.

Charles Bradley (URG, Venezuela): Efecto del Coque Térmico  sobre los Conjugados Ubiquitina-Proteína en Formas
Epimastigotas de Trypanosoma cruzi (Clon DM 28).
 

SESSION IV

Epidemiology. Agroecology. Economic Impacts.

Marc Desquesnes (CIRDES, Burkina Faso): Epidemiology of T. vivax and T. evansi in the 3 Guyanas.

Efraín Benavides (CORPOICA, Colombia):T. vivax in Colombia: Research Advances and Perspectives.

Erik Eulert (UNIVEP, Bolivia): Seguimiento e Identificación de T. vivax en los Departamentos de Santa Cruz y Beni, Bolivia

Alberto M. R. Dávila (DBBM, FIOCRUZ, Brazil): Animal Trypanosomoses in Brazil

Andrew Seidl (Colorado State University, USA): Animal Welfare Implications of Trypanosoma evansi Control in the  Brazilian Pantanal.

H. Ribera (LIDIVET, Bolivia): Evaluation of a Card-Agglutination Test for the Detection of Trypanosome Antibody in Cattle in Bolivia.

Cruz María Árraga de Alvarado (FCV-LUZ, Venezuela): Diagnósticos de Agentes Hemotrópicos en la Policlínica Veterinarias de la Universidad del Zulia: Una Revisión.
 

SESSION V

Chemotherapy. Vaccines.

Jamiu Ogunbanwo (ICGEB, India): A Study on Benzoylmetronidazole Action in Experimental Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Infection.

Jesús Rommel Morales (Venezuela): Venezuelan Experiences with a Commercial Anaplasma Vaccine.
 

SESSION VI

Control Methods. Integrated Control.

Joaquin H. Patarroyo (UFV, Brazil): El Uso de Peptídeos Sintéticos para el Control de Vectores de Babesia en Bovinos.

Philippe Truc (IRD, France): Isolation and Diagnosis of trypanosomes in the field : lacks and needs

Rita Tamasaukas (URG, Venezuela): Control Measures Recommendations for Venezuela.
 

SESSION VII

Poster session.

Walkiria Aragort, Edgar León, Ana Teresa Guillén, Marlene Silva, Carmen Balestrini (IIV-CANIAP-FONAIAP, Venezuela): Parásitos en Sangre de Peces de Aguas Continentales de Interés Comercial para Venezuela.

Ana Teresa Guillén, Edgar León, Walkiria Aragort, Mary M. González, Aly Palacios, Olivar Castejón (IIV-CENIAP-FONAIAP, CIADENA, Venezuela): Eperitrozoonosis Porcina en Granjas de la Región Central de Venezuela.

Rosangela Zacarias Machado - (UNESP, Brazil): Immunological Aspects of T. evansi in Dogs.

Jamiu Ogunbanwo (ICGEB, India): In vitro Evaluation of the Effects of Anti-Protozoal Drugs on Species of Trypanosomes in Nigeria.

Jamiu Ogunbanwo (ICGEB, India): Sero-Prevalence Survey for Trypanosomosis Using Antigen (Ag) ELISA Detection Assay.

Carlos M. Monzón (CEDIVEF, Argentina): Evaluación en Formosa (Argentina) del Sulfato de Quinapiramina en el tratamiento de equinos naturalmente infectados con Trypanosoma evansi.

Heitor Miraglia Herrera, Alberto  M. R. Dávila & Roberto Aguilar M.S. Silva. Brazilian Pantanal and Trypanosomiasis - Study of reservoir hosts
 

SESSION VIII

Dynamics of Trypanosomoses, and other Hemoparasitic Diseases and of Their Vectors.

Ing. Agr. Adrián González (IDESSA, Venezuela): Dinámica de las Hemoparasitosis y sus Vectores utilizando la Metodología de los Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG).

Rita Tamasaukas (URG, Venezuela): Seguimiento de Infecciones Agudas Naturales de Trypanosoma vivax, Anaplasma marginale y Babesia spp. en Fincas Bovinas del estado Guárico, Venezuela.

Espartaco Sandoval (CIAEY-FONAIAP, Venezuela): Hematologic Variations in Sheep and Goats Trypanosomoses due T. vivax.

Emir Espinoza (EEC-FONAIAP, Venezuela): Serohematological Survey in Bovine Trypanosomoses in Venezuela.
 

SESSION IX

Host Parasite Interactions in Trypanosomoses and in other Hemoparasitic Diseases.

Guy d´Ieteren (ILRI, Kenya): Trypanotolerance, an Option for Sustainable Livestock Production Under Disease Risk

Cruz María Arraga de Alvarado (FCV-LUZ, Venezuela): Paranaplasma caudatum y Paranaplasma discoide: Información General y Presentación de un Caso.
 

SESSION X

Research Priorities on Trypanosomoses and other Hemoparasitic Diseases for the Next Millennium. Databases. Regional Projects.

Rita Tamasaukas (URG, Venezuela): Research Priorities on Trypanosomoses in Venezuela, Regional Projects, The New Network on American NTTAT and Trypnews as their International Proyection.

Alberto M. R. Dávila (FIOCRUZ, Brazil): Network and Partnership on Animal Trypanosomoses

Efraín Benavides (CORPOICA, Colombia): Research Priorities in Colombia.
 
 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS:
 

1. SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: The deadline to submission of definitive Title (s) and Abstract (s) of Conference (s) and Papers to Posters Session is September 15, 1999:

The Abstract page include the surnames and initials of the author (s), title of manuscript, indication of the place where the work was perfomed, the name of Institution (s), address, phone, fax and email for correspondence. The abstract should be briefly, not more than one letter-size page, single spaced, font size 10, typewritten or in Microsoft Word 6.0 or 7.0 or Word Perfect, with no more five key words at the foot line of this page, summarize the contents and conclutions of the research and should be without paragraphs. Abstract (s) could be send by email or in floppy diskette to the postal address of General Coordinator of the event. Honorary authorship is not acceptable, only recognition for sponsorship should be included at the foot line of this page.

2. SUBMISSION OF FULL TEXT OF CONFERENCES AND PAPERS TO POSTERS SESSION: The deadline to submision of definitive Full Text of Conference (s) and Paper(s) to Poster Session is September 30, 1999.

Once accepted, the Full Text of manuscripts in English (that will be published after the meeting) should be not exceed four letter-size pages, single spaced, font size 10, typewritten or in Microsoft Word 6.0 or 7.0 or Word Perfect, sent by email or in a floppy diskette. These should include Title centred, Author (s), Institution, Postal Address, Phone, Fax and email for correspondence, equally centred. Summary, Key Words (not more than five), Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Recommendations, Acknowledgements and Bibliographical References. They may include figures, graphics, tables, pictures (black and white or color), properly identified with their legend and included in the text or separately (please not included in page numering). The sections should contain as few paragraphs as possible with a minimum number of headings. Numerical and alphabetical divisions should be avoided. In the Summary there should be no reference, paragraphs or headings. Foot notes are not acceptable, all information should be in the body of the text (except in tables). Authors are particularly urged to ensure that bibliographical details are accurate. Correct references are the responsibility of the authors. References should be given in alphabetical order and must be cited in the text. Unpublished works, newspapers articles and personal communications are not acceptable as references, these may be included in the text between brackets (please see the Instructions to Contributors at the home page http://www.dbbm.fiocruz.br/www-mem/of the indexed scientific journal Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz to accurate the correct style). Responsibility for the accuracy of presented information rests solely with the author (s). The Organizing Committee cannot accept the responsibility.

Anyone wishing to comment on any topic of these scientific event is invited to write directly to Rita Tamasaukas, General Coordinator (ritamasa@net-uno.net, rtamasa@reacciun.ve or rtamasa@cantv.net) or to Alberto M. R. Davila, International Coordinator (davila@gene.dbbm.fiocruz.br).

If you are interested on these themes of Trypanosomoses and other Related Hemoparasites (in Animals or Humans), please contact us for your inclussion in the Scientific Program. The Scientific Committee accept only one Oral Presentation by Author in each Session, all aditional works will be presented in  Posters Session (Session VII).
 

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