Thursday 17 October
CET (Central European Time)
09:00-09:35
Auditorium Einstein - Level 0Keynote 4
- KN-4 - Exploiting the Biology of Dominant Vector Species to Improve Malaria Control in Africa
Fredros OKUMU (Ifakara Health Institute & University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
09:35-10:35
Session 7
Vector surveillance: surveillance systems, community-based surveillance and management of VBDs
Chairs: Alex CHASKOPOULOU (USDA ARS EBCL, Thessaloniki, Greece) &
Jerome BARON (Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany)
- S7-1 - Integrating Citizen and Authoritative Surveillance Data in Mosquito Distribution Models
Catuxa CERECEDO-IGLESIAS (Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Blanes, Catalunya, Spain) - S7-2 - Preventing Another Useless Modelling Task
Heidi BROWN (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.) - S7-3 - Success in Mosquito Control: An Integrated Approach in Istanbul, Turkey
Bulent ALTEN (Ecology/vErg Lab./Biology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey)
10:35-11:00
Area Antigone - Level 2Coffee break - Posters
11:00-12:40
Auditorium Einstein - Level 0Session 7 (continued)
Vector surveillance: surveillance systems, community-based surveillance and management of VBDs
Chairs: Alex CHASKOPOULOU (USDA ARS EBCL, Thessaloniki, Greece) &
Jerome BARON (Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany)
- S7-4 - Circulation of West Nile virus in active Culex pipiens mosquito populations in the Attica region 2021-2023
Georgios BALATSOS (Laboratory of Insects & Parasites of Medical Importance, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Kifisia, Attica, Greece) - S7-5 - Unraveling Dissemination Trajectories of Insect Vectors : Towards Enhanced Prophylaxis in Plant Health
Margaux DARNIS (Pathologie Végétale, INRAE, Avignon, France) - S7-6 - Novel eDNA-based surveillance strategy targeting quiescent ticks in soil
Androniki CHRISTAKI1 (European Biological Control Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Thessaloniki, Greece) - S7-7 - Testing a novel Optical Sensor for Aedes and Culex adult automatic count and identification and BG-trap capture rate determination
Martina MICOCCI (Department of Public Health and Infectiouse Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy) - S7-8 - Estimating the probability that observed absence of tsetse (Diptera: Glossinidae) indicates elimination
John HARGROVE (South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa)
12:40-13:00
Closing Session
- Filiz GUNAY (European SOVE director, Hacettepe University, Turkey)
- Alexandra CHASKOPOULOU (USDA-EBCL, Thessaloniki, Greece)
- Fabrice CHANDRE (IRD, Montpellier, France)
- Student awards presentation
13:00-14:00