DrKristen Aiemjoy Assistant ProfessorUC Davis/Mahidol University

Day 2 - 30th September 2025

Time	Session

09:30 10:00	Plenary 3 From Maps to Mathematics: Modelling Approaches to Bridge Knowledge Gaps in Rickettsial Diseases DrKristen Aiemjoy Chairperson United States DrKartika SARASWATI Speaker Indonesia Andaman Grand Ballroom
14:00 15:30	Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Rickettsiae Assoc Prof DrHeo Chong Chin Moderator Malaysia A Prospective, Open-Label, Randomized Trial of Doxycycline Versus Azithromycin for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Scrub Typhus ProfPaul Newton Presenter United Kingdom Targeting Repeated Regions of the Orientia Tsutsugamushi Genome for the Acute Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus DrCarlo Perrone Presenter Thailand The Menace of Misdiagnosis: Findings from a Retrospective Study of 680 Scrub Typhus Cases in India Prof DrSandra Albert Presenter India Pediatric Scrub Typhus in Urban Kathmandu: Findings from One Year of Prospective Clinical Surveillance DrKristen Aiemjoy Presenter United States Comparative Analysis of Diagnostic PCRs Versus Gold Standard STIC in Scrub Typhus Diagnostics DrJasleen Kaur Presenter India Strong and Sustained T Cell Responses to Major Surface Proteins in Acute Scrub Typhus Patients MsPriyanka Liz Abraham Presenter United Kingdom Serological Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus Caused by Candidatus Orientia Chiloensis: Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a Novel Immunofluorescence Assay MsConstanza Martinez Valdebenito Presenter Chile Cross-Reactivity Concerns: Validating 16S rDNA-Based Detection of Rickettsia in the Presence of Francisella and Coxiella Endosymbionts MsKhuraisyah Binti Kasuahdi Presenter Malaysia Andaman Grand Ballroom