Sunday 12th October
16.00 – 19.00
Participants registration
Monday 13thOctober
8.00–9.00
Participants registration
9.00–10.30
Opening of the
Conference
Welcome Address
E-SOVE Report
Presidential
address
Announcements
10.30 – 11.00
11.00 – 11.30
Eva Veronesi (E-SOVE President)
President of the Region of Central Macedonia
Mayor of Thessaloniki
President of the Hellenic CDC
Eva Veronesi (E-SOVE President)
Douglas Norris (SOVE President) Bulent Alten (incoming 2014 SOVE President)
Spiros Mourelatos & Eva Veronesi (Local Organizer Committee)
Coffee break
Marieta Braks
Ernst-Jan Scholte memorial
11.30-13.00
SYMPOSIUM 1
Eradication and elimination of vector-borne diseases: can we really tell the difference?
Chairmen: Paul Reiter & Bart Knols
11.30-11.45
Reiter, Paul
Why did Gorgas succeed, and why have we failed?
11.45-12.00
Mourelatos,
Wide area mosquito control projects: challenges and trends
Spiros
12.00-12.15
Nghabi Kija
Evolutionary and ecological response of African malaria vectors to insecticide-treated nets and other interventions: Anopheles
arabiensis elimination?
12.15-12.30
Kazimirova, Maria Emergence and spread of Ixodes ricinus transmitted pathogens in the context of the EDENext project
12.30-12.45
Ngoagouni,
Rapid spread of Aedes albopictus in Central African Republic: what risk for massive outbreaks?
Carine
12.45-13.00
Mulligan, Steve
13.00-14.00
Invasion of Aedes aegypti into California, USA
Lunch
14.00-15.15
SYMPOSIUM 2
Epidemiology of vector-borne diseases and Vector distribution
Chairmen: Anna Papa & Veerle Versteirt
14.00-14.15
Versteirt, Veerle VectorNet : A European network for sharing data on the geographic distribution of arthropod vectors of human and animal
disease agents
14.15-14.30
Algimantas
Epidemiology of canine babesiosis and expansion of their vector Dermacentor. reticulates tick in Baltic Countries
Paulauskas
14.30-14.45
Stilianakis,
Environmental factors influencing the prevalence of Culex mosquitoes: An ERA-Interim approach.
Nikolaos
Prudhomme,
Spatiotemporal dynamics of sandfly populations: a 3-year follow-up in the South of France.
14.45-15.00
Jorian
Bellini, Romeo
The West Nile virus integrated surveillance system in the Emilia-Romagna region: output and cost benefit evaluation
15.00–15.15
15.15-15.30
15.30-16.00
Coffee break
Keynote lecture
Bart Knols
Changing the way we control malaria in Africa: Eave tubes
16.00-17.30
SYMPOSIUM 3
Risk assessment, modelling, remote sensing analysis, climate changes
Chairmen: Marieta Braks & Andreas Rose
16.00-16.15
Paaijmans, Krijn Relevant microclimate for determining disease transmission risk
16.15-16.30
Cianci, Daniela
Modelling the potential spatial distribution of mosquito species using VecmapTM
16.30-16.45
Erguler, Kamil
The impacts of climate change on the Aedes albopictus populations across the globe: the modelling challenge
16.45-17.00
Dovas,
Surveillance and early warning of West Nile virus lineage 2 using domestic pigeons and backyard chickens
Chrysostomos
17.00-17.15
Silaghi, Cornelia Dermacentor reticulatus and Babesia canis: a field study on the occurrence in Bavaria with digital habitat analysis
17.15-17.30
Liebenberg,
The effect of climatic variables on the distribution of African horse sickness in Namibia
Danica
17.30-19.00
EMCA General meeting
20.00 –21.30
Welcome cocktail
Tuesday, 14th October
8.30 – 9.00
Keynote lecture
Jan Lundström
Mosquito-borne infections and vector mosquitoes in northern Europe
09.00-10.30
SYMPOSIUM 4
Invasive vector species and new emerging vector-borne diseases: what’s next?
Chairmen: Anna-Bella Failloux & Jolyon Medlock
09.00-09.15
Suter, Tobias
Biology, surveillance and control of invasive mosquitoes in Switzerland
09.15-09.30
Failloux, AnnaChikungunya virus adapted for transmission in a temperate climate?
Bella
09.30-09.45
Mosca, Andrea
Evidences of mosquito-transmitted flavivirus circulation in Piedmont, North-Western Italy
09.45-10.00
Papa, Anna
Detection of West Nile virus and insect- specific Flavivirus RNA in Culex mosquitoes, central Macedonia, Greece
10.00-10.15
Braks, Marieta
From acaralogical risk to Lyme prevention: Avert, convert, alert!
10.15-10.30
Jacquet,
Phylogeography of Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), biting midge vector species of Orbivirus : expansion and
Stephanie
colonization ?
10.30–11.00
Coffee break
11.00-12.30
SYMPOSIUM 5
Genomics: towards better understanding on vector ecology and control
Chairmen: Gregory Lanzaro & John Vontas
11.00-11.15
Vontas, John
Molecular analysis of insecticide resistance in major mosquito vectors: from mechanisms to resistance management.
11.15-11.30
Radrova, Jana
Trypanosomes of African great apes and their insect vectors
11.30-11.45
Lanzaro,
A population genomics approach to understanding resistance to impregnated bed nets in African malaria Vectors.
Gregory
11.45-12.00
De Waal, Tania
Detection of African horse sickness virus in Culicoides imicola using Real-Time PCR.
12.00-12.15
Honnen, AnnWhole-body transcriptome assessment of the effects of light regime on Culex pipiens molestus.
12.15-12.30
Christin
Sutton,
Elizabeth
Lunch
12.30–13.30
13.30–14.00
Identifying genes for Aegypti control using RNA-seq
Keynote lecture
Eva Veronesi
What have we learnt from BTV outbreaks in Europe ?
14.00-15.00
SYMPOSIUM 6
Vector manipulation: impact on vector ecology and its field application on vector control
Chairmen: Romeo Bellini & Andrea Crisanti
14.00-14.15
Cator, Lauren
The dynamic relationship between host-seeking and immune challenge in Anopheles stephensi
14.15-14.30
Dogan, Mert
Optimization of mass rearing parameters of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
14.30-14.45
Giatropoulos,
Cross mating studies between Aedes albopictus and Aedes cretinus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Athanassios
14.45-15.00
Boete,
Scientists, publics and transgenics: information, trust, communication and engagement on research dealing with vector-borne
Christophe
diseases
15.00–15.30
Coffee break
15.30-17.15
SYMPOSIUM 7
Vector - pathogen interaction: pathogen entry pathways, endosymbionts, co-infection, insect immunity, transmission mechanisms, vector competence,
bionomics
Chairmen: Eva Veronesi & Paulo Pimenta
15.30-15.45
Becker, Stefanie Vector competence of mosquito species from Germany for West Nile virus
15.45-16.00
Dietrich, Isabelle Mosquito immune defenses against Rift Valley fever virus infection.
16.00-16.15
Melo, Fabricio
Distinct variation in vector competence among nine field populations of Aedes aegypti from a Brazilian dengue-endemic risk city
16.15-16.30
Bossin, Herve
Human IgG specific responses to Aedes aegypti and Aedes polynesiensis saliva as a new epidemiological tool to assess exposure
to disease vectors in the Pacific.
16.30-16.45
Hesson, Jenny
Exceptional Sindbis virus infection rate in Swedish Culex torrentium defines its role as a major enzootic vector
16.45-17.00
Secundino,
Development of Leishmania chagasi in its natural sand fly vector Lutzomyia longipalpis
Nagila
17.00-17.15
Pimenta, Paulo
The sandfly vector interaction with Leishmania: using 3D Animations to understand the cell biology of parasite life cycle
17.15–18.15
Poster session
18.15-20.00
E-SOVE business meeting
Eva Veronesi & Major Dhillon
WEDNESDAY 15th October - FULL DAY EXCURSION
Thursday 16th October
8.30 – 9.00
Keynote lecture
Isabel Lopes de Carvalho
Tick-Borne Diseases: an overview
09.00-10.15
SYMPOSIUM 8 “Laboratory based studies and comparability with field data: advantages and limitations”
Chairmen: Jan Lundström & Eleonora Flacio
09.00-09.15
Colucci, Barbara Do arm-in-cage tests replace field studies? A systematic review.
09.15-09.30
De Beer,
Assessment the factor of age on the mating competitiveness of Glossina brevipalpis males under field cage conditions.
Chantel
09.30-09.45
Flacio, Eleonora Application of the new technique of rapid protein profiling (MALDI-TOF MS) in the extensive surveillance system on Aedes
albopictus in southern Switzerland.
09.45-10.00
Huber, Karine
Vector-pathogen association: lack of congruence of phylogeographical pattern of the vector tick Amblyomma variegatum (Acari:
Ixodidae) and of the Ricketssiales Ehrlichia ruminantium?
10.00-10.15
Lacour,
Revealing the necessity of winter diapause for temperate populations of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by field tests and
Guillaume
modeling.
10.15–10.45
Coffee break
Open round table
Moderators : Eva Veronesi & Major Dhillon
10.45–11.30
11.30–12.30
Poster Session
12.30–13.30
13.30-14.00
Lunch
Keynote lecture
David Sullivan
Aussie Mozzie (Aedes camptorhynchus, the southern salt marsh mosquito)
invades New Zealand and the Kiwi’s fight back
EMCA AFTERNOON SYMPOSIUM 14.00-18.30
14.00-15.45 Symposium 1
Insecticides, repellents and attractants as tools in vector control
Chairmen: Ulla Obermayr and Uli Bernier
14.00-14.15
Obermayr, Ulla
Leading mosquitoes up the garden path : a push and pull approach
14.15-14.30
Soma, Diloma
Evaluating the efficacy of insecticide paint against pryrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambie s.l. in Vallée du Kou, Burkina Faso
14.30-14.45
Miranda, Miguel
Effect of Deltamethrin treated nets on Culicoides (Diptera; Ceratopogonidae) population and non-targeted fauna in livestock
farms in the Balearic Islands (Spain).
14.45-15.00
Karakus,
Mehmet
Evaluation of the efficacy of Olyset® Plus in a village-based cohort study in Cukurova Plain, Turkey in an area of hyperendemic
cutaneous leishmaniasis.
15.00-15.15
ParedesEsquivel,
Claudia
Malaria strategies to control Dengue: The use of Indoor Residual Spraying to control Aedes aegypti n the Peruvian Amazon Area
15.15-15.30
Agossa, Fiacre
Agricultural use of insecticide and fertilizer influences on the biology of mosquitoes
15.30-15.45
Bossin, Herve
Aedes monitoring using BG Sentinel and Gravid Aedes traps during the recent ZIKA virus outbreak in Tahiti, French Polynesia
15.45-16.15
Coffee break
16.15-18.30 Symposium 2
Control and surveillance of vectors and VBD
Chairmen: Spiros Mourelatos and Steve Mulligan
16.15-16.30
Chaskopoulou,
Integrated vector management approach for controlling sand flies in North Greece, 2011-2014
Alexandra
16.30-16.45
Stroo, Arjan
The control of Aedes albopictus and used tyre trade in the Netherlands: recent developments and new policies.
16.45-17.00
Drago, Andrea
Efficacy of VectoMax FG in different conditions.
17.00-17.15
Schafer, Martina
Efficiency of Bti-based floodwater mosquito control in Sweden four examples
17.15-17.30
Ibanez-Justicia,
Adolfo
Asian bush mosquito (Aedes japonicus) vector distribution in the Netherland: following the first finding and mapping the future
potential distribution
17.30-17.45
Mulligan, Steve
American Mosquito Control Association: helping guide mosquito control into the twenty-first century
17.45-18.00
Bithas,
Konstantinos
An economic analysis of the 2010 West Nile Virus (WNV) outbreak in the Greek Region of Central Macedonia
18.00-18.15
Osorio, Hugo
Surveillance of mosquito vectors for prevention and control of emerging mosquito-borne diseases in Portugal 2008-2014
18.15-18.30
Latham, Mark
Evaluation of available mosquito control tools that could be utilized in response to imported or locally acquired cases of dengue
or chikungunya in Manatee County, Florida, USA.
18.30-18.45
Jöst, Artur
Tiger mosquitoes in Southwest Germany. The ongoing Aedes albopictus-surveillance programme
20.00 –
onwards
Gala dinner
Friday 17th October
09.00-09.30
Ernst-Jan Scholte
Innovative
Scientific Award
Nomination of the best Oral presentation and the Best poster
09.30–11.00
SYMPOSIUM 9
Vector behaviour, ecology and physiology in the aim to control vectors
Chairmen: Douglas Norris & Carles Aranda
09.30-09.45
Macaw, Jennifer
Evaluation of long-lasting odor release formulations to increase the attractiveness of the passive Mosquito Contamination
Device (MCD) for Anopheles mosquitoes.
09.45-10.00
Cordel, Michael
The BG-BD, a new device to evaluate heat, odours and / or visual stimuli as mosquito landing stimuli, with results on the
attractiveness of visual stimuli for Anopheles mosquitoes
10.00-10.15
Diakou, Anastasia
Can mosquito population dynamics predict Dirofilaria hyperendemic foci?
10.15-10.30
10.30-10.45
Elbers, Armin
Venter, Gert
10.45-11.00
11.00-11.30
Norris, Douglas
Host preferences and biting rates in Culicoides species of the Netherlands: comparing cattle, sheep and the black-light trap
The effect of carbon dioxide on Culicoides midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) numbers collected with the Onderstepoort and
CDC traps in South Africa
Underestimations of human foraging behavior in mosquitoes
11.30-12.00
Keynote lecture
Coffee break
Anna Papa
Human viral vector-borne diseases in Greece: What is new?
12.00-12.30
SYMPOSIUM 10
Vector identification: taxonomy versus molecular based systematic. How far from the true meaning?
Chairmen : Francis Schaffner & Bulent Alten
12.00-12.15
Silaghi, Cornelia
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for rapid identification of invasive Aedes mosquito species
12.15-12.30
Garros, Claire
Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) taxonomy: current challenges and future directions
12.30-12.45
Dvorak, Vit
Rapid identification of phlebotomine sand flies by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
12.45-13.00
Benallal, Kamel
Use of the morphometry in discrimination of atypical Form of Phlebotomus perniciosus, in Algeria
Conclusion remarks
13.00-13.30