Programme Day 2

• Epidemiology of Scrub Typhus in Meghalaya: A Mixed Methods Study
  DrMelari Shisha Nongrum Presenter India
• Spatiotemporal Patterns of Scrub Typhus Among Febrile Children in Urban Nepal
  MrsKrista Vaidya Presenter Nepal
• The Seroprevalence and Spatial Epidemiology of Rickettsial Infection in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo: Preliminary Results
  DrKartika SARASWATI Presenter Indonesia
• Global Prevalence and Mortality of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Scrub Typhus Patients: A Systematic Review
  MsJoslin D'Souza Presenter India
• High Prevalence of Scrub Typhus Among Rural Bangladeshi Women With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
  MrsArpita Shyama Deb Presenter Bangladesh
• Contrasting Historical Aspects of Scrub Typhus - Emergency Research in WW2 in Imphal, India, and Traditions for Protection in Yagamata Prefecture, Japan
  ProfPaul Newton Presenter United Kingdom

• Predict, Detect Response: Towards Emerging and Re-emerging Zoonoses for Pandemic Preparedness - Development of Oral Vaccines
  Prof DrSazaly Abu Bakar Speaker Malaysia
• Integrated Animal Pathogen Biosurveillance in Malaysia: A Protocol for One Health Surveillance and Pandemic Preparedness
  DrZubaidah Ya'cob Speaker Malaysia
• Hematophagous Arthropod Vectors: DNA Barcodes, Pathogens and Cell Line Establishment
  Assoc Prof DrVan Lun Low Speaker Malaysia
• Surveillance and Etiological Insights into Vector-Borne and Febrile Illnesses (VIBES)
  DrNorhidayu Sahimin Speaker Malaysia
• Q&A

• 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

• Investigating Cross-Reactive Immunity and Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE) for Improved Vaccine Development
  DrNurhafiza binti Zainal Speaker Malaysia
• Proteome Profiling and Pathway Analysis of Longitudinal Adaptive Immune Response
  DrHasmawati binti Yahaya (Hasmy) Speaker Malaysia
• Microbial Community Profiling Across Hosts Using Genomic Approaches
  DrTan Kim Kee Speaker Malaysia
• Development of Molecular Detection Tools for Flaviviruses and Alphaviruses
  DrTeoh Boon Teong Speaker Malaysia
• Pandemic Readiness: Multiplatform Therapeutic Screening Strategy
  DrPouya Hassandarvish Speaker Malaysia

  DrRafidah binti Lani Speaker Malaysia
• Q&A

• 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

• Veterinary Vaccine Development for Emerging Arboviral Threats
  DrSing-Sin Sam Speaker Malaysia
• The Emerging Extracellular Vesicles-Based Vaccine Modality
  Prof DrPooi-Fong Wong Speaker Malaysia
• Optimizing Vaccine Development to Distribution: Strategies towards Strengthening Preparedness and Sustainability
  DrLee Hai Yen Speaker Malaysia
• Combating Airborne Pathogens: Establishing Aerobiology Capacity for Pandemic Preparedness
  DrTiong Vunjia Speaker Malaysia
• Q&A