ProfBenjamin Makepeace Chair in Vector-Borne Diseases University of Liverpool

Time	Session

09:00 09:30	Keynote 1 Beyond the Microscope: Emerging Technologies for Vector Borne Disease Surveillance ProfBenjamin Makepeace Chairperson United Kingdom Assoc ProfCharlotte Oskam Speaker Australia Andaman Grand Ballroom
13:30 14:00	Plenary 2 Peri-domestic Transmission of Scrub Typhus in South India ProfBenjamin Makepeace Chairperson United Kingdom DrWolf Schmidt Speaker Germany Andaman Grand Ballroom
16:30 17:30	Parasite and Rickettsial Genomics DrMariana Ahamad Moderator Malaysia Streamlined Pathogens: Rickettsia Genomics, Diversity, and Roles Prof DrAlistair Darby Presenter United Kingdom The Genome of the Tropical Bont Tick (Amblyomma Variegatum) Contains a Near-Complete Integration of the Rickettsia Africae Chromosome but Not Its Plasmid ProfBenjamin Makepeace Presenter United Kingdom Complete Genomes of Rickettsia Typhi Reveal a Clonal Population DrElizabeth Batty Presenter United Kingdom Whole Genome Sequencing of Orientia Tsutsugamushi From a Patient With Fatal Scrub Typhus MsMeenakshi Rana Presenter India Evidence for Rare Infections with Orientia Tsutsugamushi in Bird-Associated Chiggers and Ground Birds in Peninsular Malaysia DrPraveena Rajasegaran Presenter Malaysia Unveiling Rickettsia Felis Genotype 2125: Insights into Zoonotic Transmission Dynamics in Stray Dogs and Fleas From Bangkok Temples Assoc Prof DrTawin Inpankaew Presenter Thailand Andaman Grand Ballroom