Programme
DAY 1
14:00-19:00
Registration
17:30-18:15
Opening Ceremony
18:15-19:00
Opening Talk - Plenary Lecture
Bernadette Abela-Ridder
19:00-20:30
Welcome Reception
DAY 2
7:30
Registration
9:00-9:45
Plenary Lecture
Bruno Gottstein: Echinococcus multilocularis / alveolar echinococcosis: Basics for potential immunotherapy and vaccination
10:00-11:30
Cryptosporidium
Organizer / Moderator: Simone Mario Cacciò
10:00-10:13
Simone Mario Cacciò: Comparative genomics of Cryptosporidium parvum
10:13-10:26
Frits Franssen: Finding Cryptosporidium in the (metagenomics) haystack
10:26-10:39
Gabriela Certad: Pathogenic mechanisms of cryptosporidiosis
10:39-10:47
Ruchika Shakya: Interactions between Cryptosporidium parvum and bovine coronavirus during sequential and simultaneous co-infection of HCT-8 cells
10:47-10:55
Ambre Baillou: Characterization of intestinal macrophages and dendritic cell subsets in neonatal lambs and calves at homeostasis and following Cryptosporidium parvum infection
10:55-11:08
Fabrice Laurent: Current knowledge and toward new promising therapies to control cryptosporidiosis
11:08-11:16
Ayman El-Badry: Therapeutic and Nitazoxanide-enhancer effect of a novel curcumin nanocomposite in Cryptosporidium infected immunocompromised mice
11:16-11:30
Discussion
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:30
Trichinella
Organizer / Moderator: Ljiljana Sofronić-Milosavljević
12:00-12:25
Dante Zarlenga: Horizontal gene transfer provides insights into the evolutionary history and biology of Trichinella
12:25-12:45
Natasa Ilic: How Trichinella spiralis-derived extracellular vesicles affect dendritic cells
12:45-13:05
Maria Angeles Gomez-Morales: What does the humoral immune response in Trichinella infections tell us?
13:05-13:12
Sylwia Grzelak: Trichinella britovi recombinant excretory-secretory 21 kDa protein and chymotrypsin-like protein for IgG antibodies level detection in trichinellosis in mice and pigs.
13:12-13:19
Anqi Wang: A Trichinella spiralis new born larvae specific protein, Ts-NBL1, interacts with host’s cell vimentin
13:19-13:30
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
14:30-16:00
Organizers / Moderators: Gereon Schares & Walter Basso
14:30-14:43
Gema Alvarez Garcia: Besnoitiosis in Europe: impact of the disease and possibilities to control
14:43-14:56
Luis Miguel Ortega-Mora: Neosporosis in sheep: more important than previously thought?
14:56-15:09
Walter Basso, Gereon Schares: Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum infections in South American camelids
15:09-15:16
Myriam Thomas: Anatomical distribution of Toxoplasma gondii in naturally and experimentally infected lambs
15:16-15:23
Karin Troell: Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in Swedish rodent populations - concern for zoonotic transmission
15:23-15:36
Caroline Frey: Tritrichomonas foetus or what else? Insights from epidemiology and genetic comparisons
15:36-15:43
Dorien Mabille: Assessing the role of neutrophils in vector-transmitted Trypanosoma brucei infections
15:43-16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-18:00
Workshop: Publishing in parasitology
Organizer / Moderator: Julia Walochnik
Andy Thompson: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Pikka Jokelainen: Parasite Epidemiology & Control
Eskild Petersen: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Julia Walochnik: Parasitology Research
10:00-11:30
Diversity of Echinococcus and other taeniids
Organizer / Moderator: Thomas Romig
10:00-10:15
Thomas Romig: Echinococcus phylogeny and nomenclature: an update
10:15-10:30
Alessandro Massolo: The transmission of Echinococcus species: how ecology explains most of it
10:30-10:45
Adriano Casulli: Do we know the real burden of human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in Europe?
10:55-11:05
Abdou Malik Da Silva: Individual patterns of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in foxes in an endemic area of alveolar echinococcosis
11:05-11:30
Discussion
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:30
Giardia
Organizers / Moderators: Marco Lalle & Christian Klotz
12:00-12:20
Kurt Hanevik: From infection to clinical giardiasis and beyond
12:20-12:40
Christian Klotz: In vivo and in vitro models for giardiasis: what's new
12:40-13:00
Scott Dawson: Advances in Giardia genomics and genome manipulation
13:00-13:20
Marco Lalle: Drugs and drug resistance in Giardia: what we don't know yet
13:20-13:30
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
14:30-16:00
Clinical and tropical parasitology
Organizers / Moderators: Maria Antoniou & Miloš Korać
14:30-14:50
Laurence Millon: Surveillance of alveolar echinococcosis in France: report of the National Reference Centre for Echinococcosis
14:50-15:05
Nadia El Dib: Disseminated strongyloidiasis in cases with different presentations
15:05-15:20
Dušan Lalošević: Pseudoparasitism – an issue for patients and parasitologists alike
15:20-15:30
Anja Šterbenc: Fatal Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome following heart transplantation
15:30-15:40
Eya Ben Salah: First report of qualitative and quantitative differences of Echinococcus granulosus immunoreactive proteins between “relapsed” and “non-relapsed” CE-paediatric patients and investigation of the most promising early prognostic candidates
15:40-16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-18:00
Protozoa in food & environment – methods used in different environmental matrices
Organizer / Moderator: Isabelle Villena
16:30-16:50
Karen Shapiro: Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in environmental matrices: Current methods and future directions for mitigation of toxoplasmosis
16:50-17:05
Isabelle Villena: Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in food and environmental matrices: Update on methods and future directions for food safety.
17:05-17:12
Nadia María López Ureña: Environmental contamination with Toxoplasma gondii oocysts: a systematic review.
17:12-17:19
Gianluca Marucci: Molecular method for detection of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in leafy-green vegetables: method selection, validation and SOP development
17:19-17:26
Marco Lalle: How to improve risk assessment capacity for foodborne protozoan parasites in the EU: evaluation, validation, and standardization of a molecular method for detection of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in ready-to-eat salad.
17:26-17:33
Romy Razakandrainibe: Beware, Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts remain infective after homemade cottage cheese production.
17:33-17:40
Damien Costa: Focusing on waterborne and foodborne cryptosporidiosis outbreaks that have occurred in France in recent years (2017-2020)
17:40-17:47
Lilian Bahia-Oliveira: Toxoplasma-free food production in Brazil, current situation and future perspectives
17:47-18:00
Discussion
10:00-11:30
Parasite taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny in the molecular era - Part I
Organizer / Moderator: Aneta Kostadinova
Co-moderator: Roman Kuchta
10:00-10:20
Simonetta Mattiucci: Insights into the systematics, evolution and ecology of anisakid nematodes in the genomic era
10:20-10:40
Isabel Blasco-Costa: Exploring parasitic flatworm phylogeography with ddRAD data
10:40-10:50
Sonja Dumendiak: Cestodes in African wildlife: Dark taxa and cryptic species
10:50-11:00
Darya Krupenko: Digenea life cycles in the subtidal communities of the White Sea
11:00-11:30
Discussion
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:30
Parasite taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny in the molecular era - Part II
Organizer / Moderator: Aneta Kostadinova
Co-moderator: Isabel Blasco-Costa
12:00-12:20
Roman Kuchta: Spirometra tapeworms in Europe in the molecular era: a neglected human parasite or a matter of concern?
12:20-12:40
Omar Amin: Variability in the Acanthocephala
12:40-12:50
Iva Prikrylova: Exploring parasite diversity across the African continent: A new genus of Gyrodactylidae (Monogenea) from Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe
12:50-13:00
Boris Efeykin: Mitochondrial genomes of neglected groups of parasitic nematodes: evolutionary analyses and comparative informativity
13:00-13:30
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
15:00-16:00
bioMerieux Symposium
Valeria Meroni:
Diagnosis of TORCH infections in pregnancy;
Toxoplasmosis last updates 2020
16:30-18:00
Combatting anthelmintic resistance in ruminants (COMBAR) – COST Action CA16230
Organizers / Moderators: Laura Rinaldi & Smaragda Sotiraki
16:30-16:40
Johannes Charlier: COST Action COMBAR: combatting anthelmintic resistance in ruminants in Europe
16:40-17:00
Jozef Vercruysse: Roadmaps for the coordination of global research into helminth infection control in farmed ruminants
17:00-17:20
Stanislav Simin: Combating anthelmintic resistance in ruminants: a Serbian perspective
17:20-17:30
Panagiota Ligda: Presence of Ostertagia ostertagi and Fasciola hepatica antibodies in bulk tank milk from cattle herds in Greece
17:30-17:40
Herve Hoste: Potential use of agroindustrial by-products containing tannins for the integrated control of gastrointestinal nematodes in ruminants
17:40-17:50
Nikol Reslová: Multiplex real-time PCR assays for the identification and semi-quantitative assessment of strongyle nematodes in faeces
17:50-18:00
Laura Rinaldi: Monitoring the efficacy of anthelmintics and early detection of drug resistance in sheep from southern Italy
18:00-18:15
Discussion
10:00-11:30
6th KE Mott Symposium I
Organizers / Moderators: Santiago Mas-Coma & Bonnie Webster
10:00-10:25
Bonnie Webster: Genetic diversity of Schistosoma bovis, S. haematobium and their hybrid forms
10:25-10:50
Poppy Lamberton: Using choice modelling to identify popular and affordable alternative interventions for schistosomiasis in Uganda
10:50-11:00
Eglantine Mathieu-Bégné: No pre-zygotic isolation mechanisms between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis parasites: from mating interactions to differential gene expression
11:00-11:10
Jessica Clark: Translating from egg- to antigen-based indicators for Schistosoma mansoni elimination targets: A Bayesian latent class analysis study
11:10-11:30
Discussion
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:30
6th KE Mott Symposium II
Organizers / Moderators: Santiago Mas-Coma & Bonnie Webster
12:00-12:25
M. Adela Valero: Impact of fascioliasis reinfection on Fasciola hepatica egg shedding: relationship with the immune-regulatory response
12:25-12:35
Jana Ilgová: Changes of the peptidase profile during Fasciola hepatica embryonation evidenced by omics data.
12:35-12:45
Alejandra De Elias-Escribano: DNA multimarker characterization of Fasciola gigantica from Algeria
12:45-12:55
Raquel Sánchez-Marqués: Long-term effects of temperature on embryonic development and hatching success of Fasciola hepatica miracidia
12:55-13:05
Santiago Mas-Coma: Fascioliasis in preschool age children: Unexpectedly inversed gender ratio regarding that in school children and adults
13:05-13:30
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
14:30-16:00
Host-parasite interactions
Moderator: Alisa Gruden-Movsesijan
14:30-14:40
Mathieu Claes: A nanobody-based in situ knockdown approach for functional proteomics in Trypanosoma brucei
14:40-14:50
Judit Serrat: Fasciola hepatica juveniles: exploiting the fibrinolytic system to migrate through host tissues
14:50-15:00
Manfred Schreiber: Effect of Mesocestoides corti and Taenia crassiceps larvae on melanoma tumors in mice
15:00-15:10
Alicia Diosdado: The interaction with the haemostatic system of the host as a possible survival mechanism for migrating parasites: the third larval stage of Ascaris suum as a model
15:10-15:20
Judit Serrat: The tegument of Fasciola hepatica juveniles contains proteins that interact with laminin, a major component of the intestinal basal lamina
15:20-15:30
Robert Stryiński: Exploration of the proteome of human intestinal epithelial cell line (CACO-2) exposed to extracellular vesicles of Anisakis simplex L3 larvae – parasite-host interactions overview
15:30-15:40
Discussion
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
DAY 3
7:30
Registration
9:00-9:45
Plenary Lecture
Sanjeev Krishna: Musings of a malariologist from the lab and the clinic
10:00-11:30
Malaria
Organizer / Moderator: Sanjeev Krishna
10:00-10:20
Steffen Borrmann: Chemo-attenuated live Plasmodium falciparum immunization
10:20-10:40
Paul Davis: When the test-line appears: making lateral flow tests for Plasmodium vivax lactate dehydrogenase with increased sensitivity, lower cost and greater availability
10:40-11:00
Suzana Blesic: Understanding climate and environmental drivers of rural hospital admissions for diarrhoeal disease, malaria, pneumonia, and asthma in South Africa
11:00-11:20
Michael Ramharter: Drugs for the treatment of malaria: What is in the clinical development pipeline?
11:20-11:30
Discussion
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:30
Wildlife parasitology
Organizer / Moderator: Pikka Jokelainen
12:00-12:20
Pikka Jokelainen, Karen Shapiro: Wildlife as sentinels and indicators for transmission of Toxoplasma gondii
12:20-12:40
Jairo Alfonso Mendoza Roldan, Domenico Otranto: Wildlife and reptiles as sentinels for zoonotic vector-borne diseases
12:40-13:00
Vaidas Palinauskas, Elena Platonova: Avian malaria parasites: annual visitors and potential threats to wild birds
13:00-13:10
Gérald Umhang: Grey wolves as sentinels for the presence of Echinococcus spp. and other gastrointestinal parasites in France
13:10-13:20
Silvia Rondón: Molecular characterization and prevalence of intestinal parasites infecting non-human primates in Colombia
13:20-13:30
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
14:30-16:00
Malaria: Selected abstracts
Organizer / Moderator: Sanjeev Krishna
14:30-14:45
Ravinder Sehgal: Avian Malaria: Tropical deforestation and host specificity
14:45-15:00
Kim van Bergen: Evaluation of a novel real-time PCR assay for the detection, identification and quantification of Plasmodium species causing malaria in humans.
15:00-15:10
Christelle Pomares: Travel to Cameroon, fever, thrombocytopenia and malaria positive test: how much would you bet on the diagnosis?
15:10-15:20
Jelena Srbljanović: Aminoquinolines afford resistance to cerebral malaria in susceptible mice
15:20-16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-18:00
EFP General Assembly
10:00-11:30
The microbiome of parasites and role in diseases
Organizers / Moderators: Cinzia Cantacessi & Nolwenn Dheilly
10:00-10:23
Nolwenn Dheilly: Diversity and evolution of viruses of parasitic flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes, group Neodermata)
10:23-10:41
Marco Lalle: Giardiavirus and friends: genomic and functional analysis expand our knowledge on viruses inhabiting the protozoan parasite Giardia duodenalis
10:41-10:59
Jaelle Brealey: Microbiome inception: an intestinal cestode shapes a hierarchical landscape of distinct microbial communities nested within the host
10:59-11:09
Maria Pakharukova: Comparative analysis of host and parasite microbial communities in experimental models of three liver fluke infections
11:09-11:19
Serge Ankri: Epitranscriptomics regulation of stress survival in the parasite Entamoeba histolytica by queuine from the gut microbiota
11:19-11:30
Discussion
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:30
Migrants and migrating parasites
Organizer / Moderator: Zeno Bisoffi
12:00-12:20
Anna Färnert: Screening of malaria in migrants
12:20-12:40
Ana Requena-Méndez: Strongyloidiasis in migrant populations: Is systematic screening the best strategy?
12:40-13:00
Francesca Tamarozzi: Imaging in parasitic diseases: when, how and why
13:00-13:20
Ivana Čolović Čalovski: Intestinal parasitic infections in migrants passing through Serbia
13:20-13:30
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
14:30-16:00
Toxoplasma genetic diversity
Organizer / Moderator: Marie-Laure Dardé
14:30-14:50
Marie-Laure Dardé: Analysing the genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii in an European country via human samples
14:50-15:10
Lokman Galal: Massive introgressions of Toxoplasma gondii domestic alleles in the Americas coincide with the recent introduction of the domestic cat.
15:10-15:30
Pavlo Maksimov: Genome-wide single nucleotide variation in Toxoplasma gondii type II isolates from Europe
15:30-15:40
Aleksandra Uzelac: Virulence and underlying mechanisms of four distinct lineage III variant genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii
15:40-15:50
Azra Hamidović: How rodent invasion and Toxoplasma gondii genetic diversity in West Africa are linked : a comparison between two african countries, Senegal and Benin
15:50-16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-18:00
Helminth immunomodulation and interactions with the microbiome
Organizers / Moderators: William Harnett & Ljiljana Sofronić-Milosavljević
16:30-16:50
William Harnett: The anti-inflammatory parasitic worm product ES-62 modulates the gut microbiome
16:50-17:10
Susanne Hartmann: Intestinal nematodes release antimicrobials and benefit from microbiota-driven host immune regulation
17:10-17:30
Alisa Gruden-Movsesijan: New delivery system for Trichinella spiralis antigens - accelerated approach to autoimmunity treatment
17:30-17:50
Padraic Fallon: How do Schistosoma eggs break the gut?
17:50-18:00
Discussion
10:00-11:30
6th International Workshop on Arctic Parasitology – IWAP 6.0e
Organizer / Moderator: Antti Oksanen
10:00-10:20
Antti Oksanen: Changing climate, changing parasites in the Arctic
10:20-10:30
Tetiana Kuzmina: Helminth communities of teleost fishes as indicators of ecological changes in the Antarctic marine ecosystems
10:30-10:40
Antti Oksanen: Changing morphology of Moniezia spp. eggs
10:40-10:50
Christen Rune Stensvold: Host specificity and genetic diversity of Blastocystis and Entamoeba in muskoxen in Greenland as determined by metabarcoding
10:50-11:00
Rebeca Berg: Endoparasites detected in faecal samples from muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in Greenland
11:00-11:10
Kirill Galaktionov: Which parasites will be able to cross the Arctic under conditions of climate changes? An example of marine and coastal bird digeneans
11:10-11:20
Katarzyna Tołkacz: Vertical transmission of Babesia microti and the effect of concurrent Bartonella spp. infection on its success
11:20-11:30
Discussion
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:30
EVPC – European Veterinary Parasitology College Symposium
Organizers / Moderators: Smaragda Sotiraki & Edwin Claerebout
12:00-12:15
Aránzazu Meana: EVPC quod est et quo vadit (past, present and future of European Veterinary Parasitology College)
12:15-12:45
Luís Cardoso: Animal leishmaniosis in Europe: vertebrate hosts other than dogs
12:45-13:00
Hubertus Hertzberg: Re-orientation of parasite-management in adult horses in Switzerland
13:00-13:15
Georgina Deak: The current situation of Angiostrongylus vasorum in Romania
13:15-13:30
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
14:30-16:00
International projects in parasitology
Organizer / Moderator: Adriano Casulli
14:30-14:45
Pikka Jokelainen: TOXOSOURCES: Toxoplasma gondii sources quantified
14:45-15:00
Adriano Casulli: Multi-centre study on Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus s.l. in Europe: development and harmonization of diagnostic methods in the food chain (MEME project)
15:00-15:15
Simone Mario Cacciò: A brief excursion into PARADISE
15:15-15:30
Adriano Casulli: Molecular-epidemiological studies on pathways of transmission and long lasting capacity building to prevent cystic echinococcosis infection (PERITAS project)
15:30-15:40
Francesca Tamarozzi: The “European Register of Cystic Echinococcosis” (ERCE) becoming “International” (IRCE)
15:40-16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-18:00
OIE Collaborative Centre on foodborne zoonotic parasites Symposium
Organizer / Moderator: Isabelle Vallee
16:30-16:50
W. Brad Scandrett: OIE Collaborating Centre Activities at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Centre for Food-borne and Animal Parasitology
16:50-17:10
Xuelin Wang: OIE Collaborating Center for Foodborne Parasites in Asian-Pacific Region
17:10-17:30
Isabelle Vallee: OIE Collaborating centre for Foodborne Zoonotic parasites (European region): overview of activities
17:30-17:50
Bin Tang: Prevalence of Clonorchis sinensis Infection in Residents and Fish in China.
17:50-18:00
Discussion
10:00-11:30
6th KE Mott Symposium III
Organizers / Moderators: Santiago Mas Coma & Bonnie Webster
10:00-10:25
Maria Dolores Bargues: Genetics and geography of lymnaeid vectors in the highest human fascioliasis hyperendemic: Key points within a One Health control initiative
10:25-10:50
Santiago Mas-Coma: Ordering reservoir species priorities in a One Health control action for human fascioliasis: A large complexity of experimental and field studies
10:50-11:00
Bonnie Webster: The importance of snail molecular xenomonitoring for accurately identifying schistosomiasis transmission
11:00-11:10
Barbora Šmídová: Nitric oxide hinders the infection with the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti in mice, partly by inhibiting its vital peptidases
11:10-11:30
Discussion
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:30
Novel perspectives for diagnosis and treatment
Moderator: Dušan Lalošević
12:00-12:10
David Becerro-Recio: Differential protein expression in the early host-parasite interaction in fasciolosis: towards new vaccine candidates
12:10-12:20
Marc Kaethner: The Achilles’ heel of the fox tapeworm? Investigation of the threonine
metabolism of Echinococcus multilocularis
12:20-12:30
Sheena Chaudhry: Dual inhibition of the Echinococcus multilocularis energy metabolism
12:30-12:40
Roman Memedovski: Activity and mechanism of action of mefloquine derivatives against Echinococcus multilocularis
12:40-12:50
Christina Saghaug: Genetic diversity in the metronidazole metabolism genes nitroreductase 1 and 2 in susceptible and refractory clinical samples of Giardia lamblia
12:50-13:00
Neda Bauman: Computational image analysis reveals the structural complexity of Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts
13:00-13:10
Darko Mihaljica: In silico characterization of the Ixodes ricinus AV422 salivary protein immunogenicity
13:10-13:30
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
14:30-16:00
Paleoparasitology
Organizers / Moderators: Matthieu Le Bailly & Gholamreza Mowlavi
14:30-14:50
Matthieu Le Bailly: New approaches and data synthesis in paleoparasitology. 15 years of studies in the Neolithic period
14:50-15:10
Piers Mitchell: Parasite infection in the Roman Period: Change over time from Pre-Roman to the Medieval Periods
15:10-15:20
Kévin Roche: A combined approach to study parasites in the past : microscopy and paleogenetics
15:20-15:40
Gholamreza Mowlavi: Paleoparasitology and new practical perspectives
15:40-15:50
Gholamreza Mowlavi: The status of parasitic infection in Chehrabad salt mine
15:50-16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
DAY 4
7:30
Registration
9:00-9:45
Plenary Lecture
James Cotton: Genomic insights into the unusual population genetics of Leishmania
10:00-11:30
Foodborne and waterborne parasites: changing climate, changing trends, changing parasites - Part I
Organizers / Moderators: Lucy Robertson & Joke van der Giessen
10:00-10:30
Nynke Hofstra: Effect of climate and environmental changes on the distribution of WBP/FBP
10:30-11:00
Lapo Mughini-Gras: Are source attribution and transmission of FBP influenced by climate change?
11:00-11:20
Joke van der Giessen: Risk ranking and evaluation of surveillance systems for foodborne parasites in Europe
11:20-11:30
Discussion
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:30
Foodborne and waterborne parasites: changing climate, changing trends, changing parasites - Part II
Organizers / Moderators: Lucy Robertson & Joke van der Giessen
12:00-12:15
Olgica Djurković-Djaković: Case study: Unusual toxoplasmosis cases in Serbia potentially associated with imported meat
12:15-12:30
Simone Mario Cacciò: Influence of climate change on the occurrence of cryptosporidiosis outbreaks in Europe
12:30-12:45
Jerome Boissier: Emergence of bilharziasis in Corsica: where are we now?"
12:45-13:00
Thomas Romig: Transmission of Echinococcus multilocularis – new ideas emerging?
13:00-13:15
Leah Lourenco: Transmission of Fasciola hepatica from the intermediate host Galba truncatula to the definitive host Ovis aries under drought conditions in a Danish nature area
13:15-13:30
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
14:30-16:00
Foodborne and waterborne parasites: Panel discussion (Session I and II) followed by selections of submitted abstracts
Moderator: Lucy Robertson
14:30-15:15
Panel discussion: “How do we see climate change affecting transmission of WBP and FBP in Europe?” (Previous presenters in symposium (sessions I and II) along with Angelo Maggiore from EFSA and Edoardo Pozio, former director of EURL-Parasitology)
15:15-15:25
Gérald Umhang: From feed to fork: contamination of lettuces by eggs of Echinococcus multilocularis and others Taenidae species
15:25-15:35
Maria Pakharukova: Foodborne trematode Opisthorchis felineus infection: mechanistic insights into biliary neoplasia formation
15:35-15:45
Filip Dámek: Tropism of Toxoplasma gondii in the tissues of experimentally infected pigs
15:45-16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-18:00
Hot clinical topics in toxoplasmosis
Organizer / Moderator: Florence Robert-Gangneux
16:30-16:50
Jose Gilberto Montoya: Prophylactic and treatment approaches for toxoplasmosis in immunocompromised patients (ICP): Challenges and Gaps.
16:50-17:10
Florence Robert-Gangneux: Toxoplasmosis in transplant recipients: new epidemiological trends, diagnosis and prevention
17:10-17:20
Tijana Štajner: A prospective study of the incidence of Toxoplasma infection after HSCT and heart transplantation
17:20-17:25
Discussion
17:25-17:40
Fabrizio Bruschi: If toxoplasmosis is forever could prevention and treatment reduce the risk of psychiatric disorders?
17:40-17:55
Isabelle Villena: Toxoplasmosis and behavioural disorders: controversial association
17:55-18:00
Discussion
20:30
Farewell Party (Conference Dinner)
10:00-11:30
Dirofilariosis in Europe today
Organizer / Moderator: Fernando Simón Martín
10:00-10:15
Luigi Venco: Main aspects to be solved in the management of canine and feline dirofilariosis
10:15-10:30
Fernando Simón Martín: Current status of human dirofilariosis. A scoping review
10:30-10:45
Hans-Peter Fuehrer: Dirofilaria immitis and D. repens: current risk of spreading in Central and Northern Europe
10:45-11:00
Javier González-Miguel: Molecular relationships between Dirofilaria and hosts. From survival to pathology
11:00-11:15
Domenico Otranto: Other filariae of dogs in Europe
11:15-11:23
Ljubica Spasojević Kosić: Tumor necrosis factor alpha in dogs with heartworm disease
11:23-11:30
Discussion
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:30
Other ectoparasites: from biology to control
Organizer / Moderator: Domenico Otranto
12:00-12:20
Bruno Chomel: Bartonella spp. and their vectors: coevolution and zoonotic aspects
12:20-12:40
Fred Beugnet: Veterinary parasitology discovery in animal health – overview and ISOXAZOLINE example
12:40-13:00
Emanuele Brianti: Acanthocheilonema reconditum and its vectors. A look into the biology of an unusual filarioid
13:00-13:10
Jacques Sevestre: Detection of emerging tick-borne disease agents on the French Riviera
13:10-13:30
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
14:30-16:00
Diagnosis and epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis
Organizer / Moderator: Jean-Pierre Gangneux
14:30-14:50
Jean-Pierre Gangneux: Visceral leishmaniasis : what’s new in 2021
14:50-15:10
Maria Antoniou: Visceral Leishmaniasis: Diagnosis and Epidemiology
15:10-15:30
Jerome Depaquit: Leishmania martiniquensis and Mundinia transmission: what's new?
15:30-15:40
Laura Dirkx: Long-term hematopoietic stem cells as sanctuary niche during treatment failure in visceral leishmaniasis.
15:40-15:50
Christelle Pomares: Identification of adipocytes as target cells for Leishmania infantum parasites
15:50-16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-17:30
Leishmaniasis: Selected abstracts
Organizer / Moderator: Jean-Pierre Gangneux
Co-moderator: Guy Caljon
16:30-16:40
Guy Caljon: Drug resistance and treatment failure in visceral leishmaniasis: what do sand fly and rodent infections teach us?
16:40-16:50
Luca Galluzzi: Development and application of a MLST panel for the identification of informative polymorphisms in Leishmania infantum strains in the Mediterranean region
16:50-17:00
Dimitri Bulté: Miltefosine enhances infectivity of a miltefosine-resistant Leishmania infantum strain by attenuating the antileishmanial immune response
17:00-17:10
Sarah Hendrickx: The impact of drug resistance of visceral Leishmania species on the parasite- vector-host interaction
17:10-17:20
Jovana Stefanovska: Seroprevalence of leishmaniosis in stray dogs in North Macedonia
17:20-17:30
Discussion
10:00-11:30
SEE Toxoplasmosis
Organizers / Moderators: Branko Bobić & Barbara Šoba
10:00-10:15
Branko Bobić: Toxoplasma infection in Southeast Europe
10:15-10:30
Tudor Rares Olariu: Human toxoplasmosis in Western Romania
10:30-10:45
Barbara Šoba: Slovenian national screening programme for prevention of congenital toxoplasmosis
10:45-11:00
Aleksandra Uzelac: Genotypes of Toxoplasma gondii circulating in South-Eastern Europe, a region of intercontinental strain exchange
11:00-11:10
Olivera Lijeskić: Postnatal ocular toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent patients in SEE: a case series and review of the literature
11:10-11:30
Discussion
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:30
Trichinellosis and Trichinella infection in SEE: current status
Organizer / Moderator: Vasile Cozma
12:00-12:20
Davor Balić: Trichinellosis and Trichinella infection in Croatia: current status
12:20-12:40
Zsolt Boros: Trichinosis in Romania: updates regarding Trichinella spp. infections in wild animal species
12:40-13:00
Sasa Vasilev: Serbian Trichinella story
13:00-13:30
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
14:30-16:00
SEE Dirofilariosis & other emerging vector-borne zoonoses
Organizer / Moderator: Suzana Otašević
14:30-14:50
Suzana Otašević: Dirofilariosis & thelaziosis: emerging vector-borne zoonoses on the territory of the Central Balkans
14:50-15:10
Relja Beck: Dirofilarioses and thelasiosis: The Croatian story
15:10-15:30
Anastasia Diakou: Dirofilaria infections: The One Health approach
15:30-15:50
Ilona Dóczi: Epidemiology of dirofilariosis in Hungary – past and present
15:50-16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-19:00
COMBAR Management Committee Meeting
(by invitation only)
10:00-11:30
Fish parasitology: Anisakis & anisakiasis
Organizer / Moderator: Ivona Mladineo
10:00-10:20
Alfonso Navas: Anisakis´s “omics”: Transcriptomics, Proteomics and Metagenomics revelations
10:20-10:40
Serena Cavallero: A miRNA catalogue from third-stage larvae and exosomes of Anisakis pegreffii
10:40-11:00
Jerko Hrabar: Unwanted guest – a rat model for studying early immune response to an unusual human pathogen, Anisakis pegreffii
11:00-11:20
Ivona Mladineo: Anisakis and anisakiasis - an old pathogen and an emerging disease
11:20-11:30
Discussion
11:30-12:00
Coffee Break
12:00-13:30
Fish parasitology: Ecology and adaptation of fish parasites
Organizer: Ivona Mladineo Co-moderators: Serena Cavallero & Jerko Hrabar
12:00-12:20
Andrea Gustinelli: Negligible risk of zoonotic anisakid nematodes in farmed fish from European mariculture
12:20-12:30
Mélanie Gay: Length and depth are major drivers of Anisakis levels in a zooplankton-feeding fish
12:30-12:40
Eglantine Mathieu-Bégné: A fine-scale analysis reveals microgeographic hotspots maximizing infection rate between a parasite and its fish host
12:40-12:50
Eglantine Mathieu-Bégné: Investigating the role of parasite plasticity in parasite host shift: evidences from a transcriptomic approach
12:50-13:00
Maureen Duflot: Cryptocotyle (metacercariae) parasitic communities from seven commercial fish species sampled in the English Channel and the North Sea
13:00-13:10
Chahinez Bouguerche: Tell me what you eat, I'll tell you what you are! A study of a hyperparasite Cyclocotyla bellones (Monogenea, Platyhelminthes) using integrative taxonomy
13:10-13:30
Discussion
13:30-14:30
Lunch Break & Poster Viewing
14:30-16:00
Young Scientist Award Session
14:30-15:00
Simone Morelli: Efficacy of a spot-on combination containing 10% w/v imidacloprid and 1% w/v moxidectin in the treatment of Troglostrongylus brevior infection in cats
15:00-15:30
Robert Stryinski: Exploration of the proteome of human intestinal epithelial cell line (CACO-2) exposed to extracellular vesicles of Anisakis simplex L3 larvae – parasite-host interactions overview
15:30-16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
DAY 5
7:30
Registration
9:00-10:30
A One Health approach to manage parasitic infections
Organizers / Moderators: Frank Katzer & Rachel Chalmers
9:00-9:18
Martha Betson: Zoonotic transmission of intestinal helminths in the Philippines
9:18-9:36
Rachel Chalmers: New approaches to investigating zoonotic Cryptosporidium outbreaks
9:36-9:54
Joke van der Giessen: Public Health impact of foodborne parasite in a One Health approach
9:54-10:12
Lucy Robertson: Squeezing Giardia under the One Health umbrella
10:12-10:20
Francesca Tamarozzi: Pilot survey of cystic echinococcosis in Masaai livestock-keeping communities of Northern Tanzania
10:20-10:30
Discussion
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30
Wildlife parasitology: Selected abstracts
Organizer / Moderator: Pikka Jokelainen
11:00-11:10
Martin Heinrich Richter: Insights into monitoring and prevalence studies of circulating zoonotic pathogens in German wildlife
11:10-11:20
Filip Dámek: Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in European wildlife: a systematic review
11:20-11:30
Kaya Stollberg: Moderate to substantial agreement between direct and indirect detection of Toxoplasma gondii in game
11:30-11:40
Carolyn Kästner: Identification of Alaria alata mesocercariae by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
11:40-11:50
Olivera Bjelić Čabrilo: Parasite load of nematode species in Apodemus flavicolis: Effects of host spleen size, body mass, body condition and sex
11:50-12:00
Branka Pejić: Ectoparasite bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) of Schreiber’s bent-winged bat and their fungus parasite
12:00-12:30
Discussion
9:00-10:30
14th International Symposium of Geospatial Health – GnosisGIS - Part I
Organizers / Moderators: Laura Rinaldi (& Robert Bergquist)
Co-moderator: Sherif Amer
9:00-9:10
Sherif Amer: Spatial and temporal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 concentration in wastewater in The Netherlands
9:10-9:20
Samuel Manda: A Spatial Analysis of COVID-19 in African countries: Evaluating the Effects of COVID-19 Vulnerability Risk Factors
9:20-9:40
Robert Bergquist: Comparing spatio-temporal distribution of the most common human parasitic infections in Iran: a systemic quantitative literature review
9:40-9:50
Roula Zougheibe: COVID-19 pandemic related worries compared to everyday life: Evidence from a cross-sectional national survey of Australian families
9:50-10:00
Justine Blanford: Cycling to get my vaccination: how accessible are the COVID-19 vaccination centers really in the Netherlands by bicycle?
10:00-10:10
Fedor Korennoy: COVID-19 in the Russian Federation: Regional Differences and Public Health Response
10:10-10:20
Matteo Mazzucato: E.V.E.: An integrated system for the management of environmental data, to support veterinary epidemiology
10:20-10:30
Discussion
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30
14th International Symposium of Geospatial Health – GnosisGIS - Part II
Organizers / Moderators: Laura Rinaldi (& Robert Bergquist)
Co-moderator: Sherif Amer
11:00-11:10
Nils Tjaden: Chikungunya Beyond the Tropics: A Threat for Europe?
11:10-11:20
Natalia Shartova: Spatial patterns of West Nile virus distribution in the endemic area with focus on the urban environment
11:20-11:40
Laura Rinaldi: Predictive tools for assessing the infection risk by rumen flukes in small ruminants of southern Italy
11:40-12:00
Anna-Sofie Stensgaard: Changing patterns of snail-borne diseases
12:00-12:10
Fedor Korennoy: Evaluating spatial risks of emerging animal diseases introduction in the Republic of Kazakhstan: the case of African swine fever and Peste des petits ruminants
12:10-12:30
Discussion
12:30-13:15
Closing Talk - Plenary Lecture
Eskild Petersen: Parasitology in the 21st century
13:15-14:00
Farewell ceremony (incl. Awards; announcement of EMOP XIV host)
9:00-10:30
SEE Vectors and vector-borne pathogens
Organizer / Moderator: Snežana Tomanović
9:00-9:18
Dimosthlakis Chochlakis: Global warming and infectious diseases: the need to catch them before they catch us
9:18-9:36
Dušan Petrić: Impacts of climate change on West Nile disease and vectors in Serbia (1985 – 2100)
9:36-9:54
Snežana Tomanović: Should we be scared of a tick bite (in Southeastern Europe)?
9:54-10:02
Alexander Lindau: The occurrence of Hyalomma spp. in Germany – results of a citizen science study
10:02-10:10
Gorana Veinović: Small rodents as hosts of tick-borne pathogens in Serbia
10:10-10:18
Ratko Sukara: Knowledge, attitude and practices of general population, professionally tick-exposed persons and health care workers of tick-borne encephalitis and tick-borne diseases in Serbia
10:18-10:30
Discussion
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30
SEE One Health
Organizer / Moderator: Ivana Klun
11:00-11:20
Judit Plutzer: Cryptosporidium and Giardia in the eastern part of Europe: the One Health perspective
11:20-11:40
Ivana Ćirković: Is Serbia ready for the One Health approach in the field of AMR control?
11:40-12:00
Sara Savić: Leishmaniasis and a One Health approach
12:00-12:20
Ivana Klun: Toxoplasma gondii infection and the One Health approach in Serbia
12:20-12:30