Coordinators:
Dr Carla Cecere (Argentina) – In person participation
Dr Antonieta Rojas de Arias (Paraguay) – In person participation
Symposium title:
Vector control and eco-epidemiology of Chagas´s disease
Speakers:
Dr Nidia Acosta Garcete (Departamento de Medicina Tropical Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salad (IICS), Universidad Nacional de Asunción; Paraguay) – Virtual participation
Title: Transmission dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi discrete taxonomic units in Paraguayan Chaco communities. Natural hosts and vectors involved.
Dr Marta Victoria Cardinal (Laboratory of Eco-Epidemiology; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires (IEGEBA); Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Control of Triatoma infestans in an area with pyrethroid resistant populations
Dr María Carlota Monroy (Laboratorio de Entomología Aplicada y Parasitología (LENAP); Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala; Guatemala) – Virtual participation
Title: Control of Chagas disease in Central America: The difference between domesticated and domicile species, the case of Triatoma dimidiate
Lic Diego Weinberg (Fundación Mundo Sano; Argentina) - In person participation
Title: Control of the vector of Chagas disease in the rural context of the Argentine Chaco
Lic Miriam Cardozo (Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIBYT-CONICET); Cátedra de Introducción a la Biología; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina) - Virtual participation
Title: Does environmental fragmentation affect the invasion of rural dwellings by triatomines?
Coordinators:
Dr Raquel M. Gleiser (Argentina) – In person participation
Dr Ima Braga (Brazil) – In person participation
Dr Paulo F. P. Pimenta (Brazil) – In person participation
Dr Nicolás Schweigmann (Argentina) – In person participation
Symposium 1 title:
Mosquitoes and ecoepidemiology
Speakers:
Dr Mariana Manteca Acosta (Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación en Endemo-epidemias (CeNDIE) de la Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud (ANLIS) “Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán”, Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Eco-epidemiology of Yellow Fever in the Northeast of Argentina
Dr Varsovia E. Cevallos (Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública “Dr. Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez” INSPI-LIP; Quito, Ecuador) – Virtual participation
Title: Household risk factors for the abundance of Aedes aegypti in Ecuador
Dr Nagila Secundino (FIOCRUZ – Minas Gerais; Brasil) – In person participation
Title: Aedes aegypti as a Competent Vector for Multiple Complex Arboviral Coinfections
Dr Sylvia Fischer (Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Is Aedes aegypti adapting to colder climates? Implications for future range expansion
Symposium 2 title:
Mosquito control status and challenges
Speakers:
Dr Gabriela Willat (Ministerio de Salud Pública de Uruguay, Departamento de Zoonosis y Vectores, Uruguay) – In person participation
Title: Surveillance and control of Aedes aegypti in Uruguay, achievements and challenges.
Dr Glenda Velasquez Serra (Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Guayaquil, Ecuador) – Virtual participation
Title: Control strategies for the Aedes aegypti vector in times of SARS-CoV-2
Dr José Bento Pereira Lima (Laboratório de Fisiologia e Controle de Artrópodes Vetores, IOC-Fiocruz, Brasil) – Participación
Title: Entomological surveillance – A challenge for vector control programs
Dr Hernán Solari (Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires (IFIBA), Argentina) – Participación
Title: Controlling vectors: Do we need normal or post-normal science?
Coordinators:
Dr Gabriela Quintana (Argentina) – In person participation
Dr Anayansi Valderrama (Panama) – Virtual participation
Symposium title:
New perspectives and approaches for the surveillance and control of Phlebotomine sand flies
Speakers:
Dr Ana Nilce Elkhoury (OPS/OMS, Brazil) – Virtual participation
Title: Current epidemiological situation and leishmaniasis surveillance and control actions
Dr Anayansi Valderrama (DIEM – Instituto Gorgas, Panama) – Virtual participation
Title: Diversity and infection by Wolbachia and Leishmania in sandflies (Diptera:Psychodidae) populations from different landscapes
Dr Oscar Daniel Salomón (Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical, ANLIS; Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Integrated surveillance of leishmaniases vectors in the Americas
Dr Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil (FIOCRUZ; Brazil) – Virtual participation
Title: A new approach in the control of Lutzomyia longipalpis s.l. in Brazil
Coordinators:
Dr Marcela Lareschi (Argentina) – In person participation
Dr José M. Venzal (Uruguay) – In person participation
Symposium title:
Tick-borne diseases (Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Borrelia)
Speakers:
Dr Dr. Rita Inés Armitano (Special Bacteriology Service, Department of Bacteriology. INEI-ANLIS “Carlos G. Malbrán”, Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Lyme disease in Latin America: a focus on its diagnosis
Dr Sebastián Muñoz Leal (Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Concepción, Chillán – Ñuble Region, Chile) – Virtual participation
Title: What about relapsing fevers in Latin America?
Dra. Evelina Tarragona (Parasitology and Immunology Laboratory, Dairy Chain Research Institute (IDICAL) – INTA – CONICET), Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Rickettsia rickettsii spotted fever vectors
Dr. José M. Venzal (Laboratory of Vectors and Transmitted Diseases, Department of Biological Sciences, CENUR North Coast, University of the Republic, Salto, Uruguay) – In person participation
Title: Possible vectors of Borrelia burgdorferi, Ehrlichia and Anaplasma to humans in Latin America
Coordinators:
Dr Isabel Gómez Villafañe (Argentina) – In person participation
Dr Fernando Torres-Pérez (Chile) – Virtual participation
Symposium title:
Ecoepidemiology of hantavirus circulation in Latin America
Speakers:
Blas Armien (Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas Estudios de la Salud; Panama) – In person participation
Title: Ecoepidemiology of hantavirus disease in Panama
Cecilia Vial (Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile) – Virtual participation
Title: Host response to hantavirus infection, an OMIC approach
Renata Carvalho de Oliveira Pires dos Santos (Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz – FIOCRUZ- IOC; Brazil)
Title: Hantavirus in Brazil: an overview
Isabel E. Gómez Villafañe (Laboratorio de Ecología de Poblaciones, IEGEBA (UBA-Conicet), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Orthohantavirus variants and hosts in Argentina
Coordinators:
Dr Verónica Barragán (Ecuador) – In person participation
Dr Andrea Previtali (Argentina) – In person participation
Symposium title:
Dangerous mimicry: leptospirosis and vector-borne febrile diseases in Latin America
Speakers:
Piedad Agudelo-Flórez (Universidad CES, Medellín, Colombia) – Virtual participation
Title: Leptospirosis in northwestern Colombia seen from the human-animal interface: New species and new actors
Federico Costa (Universidade Federal da Bahia – Department: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva (ISC); Salvador, Brazil) – Virtual participation
Title: Epidemiology of urban leptospirosis
Veronica Barragán (Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador) – In person participation
Title: The unexpected epidemiology of leptospirosis in rural Ecuador
Andrea Previtali (Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Study of the co-occurrence of leptospirosis and dengue in neighborhoods of Santa Fe, Argentina: a participatory action research work
Coordinators:
Dr Nidia Aréchiga-Ceballos (Mexico) – In person participation
Dr Daniel Cisterna (Argentina) – In person participation
Symposium title:
Dead the dog, is the Rabies gone?
Speakers:
Paola Puebla Rodríguez (Laboratorio de Rabia, Departamento de Virología, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos. Secretaría de Salud; Mexico) – In person participation
Title: Characterization of two rabies virus variants in white-nosed coatis (Nasua narica) from Yucatan and Quintana Roo (2007-2020): Are coatis emergent reservoirs of rabies virus in Mexico?
Camila M. Appollinário (Departamento de Produção Animal e Medicina Veterinaria Preventiva da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia da UNESP de Botucatu; Brazil) – In person participation
Title: The new face of Rabies in Brazil
Diego Caraballo (Phylogeny and Phylogeography Research Group, IEGEBA-UBA-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Rabies virus variants maintained by dogs and foxes in South America
Julio Benavides (Unidad MIVEGEC, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Francia) – Virtual participation
Title: Emerging challenges for the control of rabies in wildlife of Latin America
Coordinators:
Dr César Gavidia Chucán (Peru) – Virtual participation
Dr Edmundo Larrieu (Argentina) – In person participation
Symposium title:
Control of Cystic Echinococcosis: Prospects
Speakers:
Marco Antonio Natal Vigilato (Coordinator – Zoonoses Area, Pan American Center for Foot and Mouth Disease and Veterinary Public Health Department of Communicable Diseases and Environmental Determinants of Health; Brazil) – Virtual participation
Title: Cystic echinococcosis in South America: the commitment of the countries in developing a Regional Program
Katherina Vizcaychipi (INEI e INMeT – ANLIS “Dr. Carlos G. Malbran”; Argentina) – Virtual participation
Title: Status of neotropical echinococcosis, emerging zoonotic disease
María Isabel Jercic Lara (Jefe de la Sección Parasitología, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile; Chile) – Virtual participation
Title: Advances in the diagnosis of Cystic Echinococcosis
Guillermo Mujica (Supervisor URESA Andina, Ministerio de Salud de Río Negro; Argentina) – Virtual participation
Title: The adaptability of control programs for Cystic Echinococcosis according to different geographic areas and population dynamics
Coordinator:
Agric. Eng. Pablo Cortese (Argentina) – In person participation
Symposium title:
Phytosanitary surveillance of plant pest vectors
Speakers:
Agric. Eng. Yanina S. Outi (Coordinación de Análisis de Riesgo y Vigilancia, Dirección de Información Estratégica Fitosanitaria, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria SENASA; Argentina)
Title: Plant protection: vector surveillance and vector analysis for the early detection of diseases
Agric. Eng. M.Sc. Mónica Roca (SENASA - Universidad Nacional de La Rioja); Argentina
Dra. Bárbara Defea (Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores, UNLP-CONICET); Argentina
Title: Xylella fastidiosa in olive crops from Argentina: Epidemiology and potential vectors
Agric. Eng. Wilda Ramírez (Directora Dirección De Sanidad Vegetal (DSV), Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria, SENASA); Argentina
Dra. Lucrecia Augier (Investigadora del departamento de Zoología Agrícola de la Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Obispo Colombres); Argentina
Title: Citrus fruits endangered by HLB
Agric. Eng. Pablo Cortese (Director de Información Fitosanitaria Estratégica; Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria; SENASA); Argentina
Title: Phytosanitary intelligence applied to the potential distribution of plant pest vectors
Coordinator:
Dr. Santiago Nava (Argentina) – In person participation
Symposium title:
Arthropod parasites and arthropod vector-borne diseases with veterinary importance
Speakers:
Gabriel Cicuttin (Instituto de Zoonosis Luis Pasteur, CABA, Argentina) - In person participation
Title: Epidemiology and diagnosis of ehrlichiosis and bartonellosis in companion animals
Daniela Lamattina (Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical (INMeT), Ministerio de Salud de la Nación, Puerto Iguazú, Argentina) - In person participation
Title: Epidemiological aspects of canine visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Argentina
José M. Venzal (Laboratorio de Vectores y Enfermedades Transmitidas, Facultad de Veterinaria, CENUR Litoral Norte-Salto, Universidad de la República, Salto, Uruguay) – In person participation
Title: Canine piroplasmosis: vectors, epidemiology and diagnosis
José Reck (Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinàrias Desidèrio Finamor (IPVDF), Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil) - In person participation
Title: Resistance to antiparasitic drugs of arthropod ectoparasites in Latin American
Jorgelina Torrents (Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina) - In person participation
Title: Current status of tick resistance to synthetic chemical acaricides in Argentina
Coordinator:
Lic. Marina Mühl (Argentina) – In person participation
Symposium title:
Four realities: Latin American regulations applied to genetically modified (GM) insects used in agricultural and livestock context
Speakers:
Lic. Paulina Boari (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery; Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Argentine Regulation applicable to Insects obtained by Modern Biotechnology for use in agriculture, livestock and poultry
Dr Maria Lucia Zaidan Dagli (University of São Pablo, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, Department of Pathology; Brazil) – In person participation
Title: Biosafety of genetically modified animals in Brazil: role of CTNBio, and its regulations
MSc. Marvis Esther Suárez Romero (Biodiversity and Biosafety Department, Office of Regulation and Environmental Safety; Cuba) – In person participation
Title: Application of Biological Safety Authorization System in Cuba to work with genetically modified animals (GMAs)
MSc. Marco Antonio Cervantes García (Head of the Department of Regulation of New Technologies of the National Service of Health, Safety and Quality of Agrifood (SENASICA); Mexico) - Virtual participation
Biol. Aldo Bernal Rojas (Responsible 5 (Subdirector) of Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA-SENASICA); Mexico) - Virtual participation
Title: Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms In Mexico
Coordinator:
Dr Gerardo Marti (CEPAVE-CONICET UNLP)
Symposium title:
Interaction between Science and Health Management
Speakers:
Mariana Manteca Acosta (CeNDIE-ANLIS Malbrán; Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Emergence of the Argentine Network for Surveillance of Resistance to Pesticides for Public Health Use (RAReP)
Marcos Sterkel (Investigador CONICET. CREG UNLP; Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Repositioning of nitisinone for the selective control of hematophagous arthropods
Fernanda Achinelly (Investigadora CONICET, CEPAVE- UNLP; Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Nematodes as a biological alternative for the control of vector insects
Ana Laura Carbajal de la Fuente (Investigadora CONICET- CeNDIE-ANLIS Malbrán; Argentina) – In person participation
Title: Urban infestation by Triatoma infestans an overlooked phenomenon for Chagas disease in Argentina
Coordinators:
Dr María Victoria Micieli (Argentina) – In person participation
Dr Paulo Pimenta (Brazil) – In person participation
Speakers:
Dr Marcos Horácio Pereira - Laboratório de Fisiologia de Insetos Hematófagos-ICB/UFMG (Brazil) - In person participation
“Feeding behaviour of arthropod vectors”
Dr Marcelo G. Lorenzo - René Rachou Institute-FIOCRUZ (Brazil) - In person participation
“Mom knows better: Egg-laying by female Aedes aegypti shapes the bacterial communities of breeding sites”
Dr Rui-De Xue - Anastasia Mosquito Control District (USA) - In person participation
“Program overview of Anastasia Mosquito Control District, St. Augustine, Florida, USA”
Dr Norbert Becker - University of Heidelberg / KABS (Germany) - Virtual participation
“Tiger mosquitoes and indigenous mosquitoes in Europe as vectors of arboviruses and their control”
Dr Haroldo Bezerra - Public Health Entomology/PAHO (USA) - Virtual participation
“Advances and perspectives of vector control for Vector Borne Diseases in the Americas”