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Programme
Day 3: Sunday, 6 November 2005
Hall ‘A’ (Symposia Hall, NASC Complex)
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9:30-10:10 |
PLENARY SPEAKER |
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Kamini N Mendis, Switzerland |
Rolling Back Malaria: Facing the challenges through scientific research |
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10:10-10:40 |
TEA BREAK |
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MALARIA PARASITES AND VECTORS |
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10:40-11:20 |
INVITED SPEAKERS |
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V Udhayakumar, USA |
Molecular Studies on Antifolate Resistance to Malaria Parasites in Africa |
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P Malhotra, India |
Role of falcipain-2, a principal cysteine protease of P falciparum in merozoite egression |
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11:20-12:10 |
FREE PAPERS |
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R Tuteja, India |
A novel ‘DEAD-box’ DNA helicase from Plasmodium falciparum is schizont stage specific, bipolar and stimulated by PKC phosphorylation |
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V Saxena, India |
Characterization of plastid DNA Elongation factor Tuf A from Plasmodium vivax |
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H Joshi, India |
Genetic polymorphism among human Plasmodia species in India |
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PK Sahu, India |
Allelic variation of Plasmodium falciparum isolates in Orissa |
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A Das, India |
Evolutionary puzzle of Plasmodium falciparum: New hopes with advances in genomics and bioinformatics |
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12:10-13:00 |
POSTER VIEWING |
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13:00-14:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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14:00-15:00 |
VALEDICTORY FUNCTION |
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Hall ‘B’ (Committee Room I, NASC Complex)
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DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS |
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Chairperson: D Raghunath Rapporteur: Neeru Singh |
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10:40-12:00 |
FREE PAPERS |
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Cheng Tein-Ming, Taiwan |
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A novel capillary-like microchannel for rapid diagnosis and microrheology of human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum erythrocytes |
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P Elhence, India |
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Screening of blood donors to prevent transfusion transmitted malaria in India |
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A Ghosh, India |
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Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum in peripheral smear of pyrexia patients at OPD of Agartala Government Medical College G B Pant Hospital during 2003 – 2005 March |
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N Gopalan, India |
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Detection of HRP-II antigen from plasmodium falciparum by letex agglutination test |
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T Majumdar, India |
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Pattern of vector born parasitic infection in Tripura –diagnosed by QBC assay |
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DJ Padley, UK |
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Description of an on-going Collaborative Study for the Characterisation of an International Standard for Plasmodium falciparum Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays |
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S Matta, India |
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Use of Dipstick /Quantitative Buffy Coat Technique (QBC) for diagnosing Malaria in public & private laboratories |
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12:00-13:00 |
POSTER VIEWING |
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13:00-14:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Hall ‘C’ (Committee Room II, NASC Complex)
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COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MALARIA |
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Chairperson: VP Sharma Rapporteur: S Nag |
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10:40-12:00 |
FREE PAPERS |
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MH Anvari, Iran |
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Demographic status of malaria in Yazd province of I.R. Iran during 1985-2001 |
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H Laddoni, Iran |
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Some ecological aspects of Anopheles stephensi liston, the main malaria vector in an endemic focus of malaria in Bandar Abbas district, south of Iran |
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A Mahapatra, India |
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Malaria Research after 125 years: An anthropological perspective |
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GRA Okogun, Nigeria |
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Epidemiology, Therapeutic agents and Cost of Management of Paediatric Malaria in a Nigeria Tertiary Hospital |
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MA Salam, Bangladesh |
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Community-based malaria prevention and control program of BRAC in Chittagong hill tracts of Bangladesh |
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SS Sahu, India |
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Feasibility of involving Traditional Health Healers (Disharis) in the presumptive treatment of malaria cases in tribal areas in India |
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12:00-13:00 |
POSTER VIEWING |
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13:00-14:00 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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