DrCarol Susan Devamani Study ManagerChristian Medical College Vellore

Day 2 - 30th September 2025

Time	Session

09:00 09:30	Keynote 2 Exploring the Cutaneous Interface of Tick-Borne Rickettsia: What We Know and What We Don't DrCarol Susan Devamani Chairperson India Prof DrNa Jia Speaker China Andaman Grand Ballroom
16:00 17:30	Host-Vector-Rickettsial Surveillance DrZubaidah Ya'cob Moderator Malaysia Multiple Rickettsiales Bacteria in Ctenocephalides Spp. (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) Fleas Infesting Domestic Animals: Friends or Foe? DrJing Jing Khoo Presenter Malaysia Urban Molecular Surveillance of Leptospira, Orientia, and Rickettsia in Humans and Small Mammals MrMOHAMAD AZLAN BIN ABD MAJID Presenter Malaysia Exposure to Chiggers in the Environment in Rural South Indian Villages in an Area Highly Endemic for Scrub Typhus DrCarol Susan Devamani Presenter India Identification of Trombiculid Mites Using a Deep Learning Pipeline Trained on Phase-Contrast and Fluorescence Micrographs DrIvo Elliott Presenter United Kingdom Post-Diagnostic Vector Surveillance of Chiggers in Response to Scrub Typhus Cases in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia MrsSuhaili Binti Zainal Abidin Presenter Malaysia Prevalence of Rickettsiaceae-Transmitting Mites Among Rodents of Different Ecosystems of Karaikal Region of Puducherry State (u.t), India DrA. DANIEL REEGAN Presenter India From Black Plates to Backyard Animals: Chigger Communities Associated with Chickens, Dogs, Murine Rodents and the Environment in a Rural Village of Nan Province, Northern Thailand DrKittipong Chaisiri Presenter Thailand Emerging Zoonotic Threat: A Series of Orientia Tsutsugamushi Infection in Chiggers and Their Animal Hosts During Scrub Typhus Cases in Pahang, 2024 MrsErnienor Faraliana Che Lah Presenter Malaysia Andaman Grand Ballroom