2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Phlebotomine Sand Flies in Public Health: Metamorphosis of Research from Basic Biology Towards Novel Disease Control Strategies

Phlebotomine Sand Flies in Public Health: Metamorphosis of Research from Basic Biology Towards Novel Disease Control Strategies

Organizers:

Phillip G. Lawyer and Marcelo Ortigao

Introductory Comments - P. Lawyer

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The development of New World Leishmania species in their sand fly vectors
Paulo PF Pimenta, Oswaldo Cruz Institute - FIOCRUZ

Sand fly - Leishmania interaction and antibodies against sand fly saliva as markers of host exposure
Petr Volf, Charles University

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The role of sand fly salivary factors in the visceralization of leishmanial parasites
Gregory C. Lanzaro, University of California - Davis

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Metacyclics, molecules and manipulation: Transmission of Leishmania by sand flies
Paul Bates, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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Break

Towards sand fly-based strategies against leishmaniasis
Marcelo Ortigao, University of Notre Dame

Midgut transcript expression profiling in Leishmania-infected sand flies
Ryan Jochim, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - NIH

A new approach to VL control in Latin America
Gordon Hamilton, Keele University

Genetic exchange in Leishmania during development in the sand fly midgut
Phillip G. Lawyer, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases

Closing Comments - M. Ortigao

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