[8-2] Advancing vector borne diseases identification, incrimination and control in the genomics era.

Mon. Aug 26, 2024 4:15 PM - 6:15 PM Room 554

Chair: Emma Louise Collins (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Matthew Higgins (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Grayson Brown (Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust)

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4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

[8-2-01] Using genomics to inform vector borne disease programmes

*Susana Campino¹ (1. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK))

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

[8-2-02] Utilising worldwide comparative genomics to explore insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti

*Emma Louise Collins¹, Anton Spadar¹, Matthew Higgins¹, Grayson Brown², Susana Campino¹ (1. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK), 2. Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit (United States of America))

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

[8-2-03] “Resistance is futile…or is it?”: the impact of next-generation malaria vector control tools on the evolution of insecticide resistance

*Louisa Alexandra Messenger¹ (1. University of Nevada, Las Vegas (United States of America))

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

[8-2-04] The Use of Genomic Information on Insecticide Resistance in Applied Vector Management Programs

*Grayson Brown¹ (1. Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit (Puerto Rico))

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

[8-2-05] Population genetics of insecticide resistance in the Culex pipiens complex within the USA

David Giesbrecht¹, John J Shepard¹, John Soghigian³, *Andrea Gloria-Soria^1,2 (1. The Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station (United States of America), 2. Yale University (United States of America), 3. University of Calgary (Canada))

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM

[8-2-06] Sequencing and bioinformatics pipelines for the detection of molecular markers of acaricide resistance in ticks

*Jordan T Bird¹, Angela Minard-Smith¹, Noah Winters¹, Namratha Tarigopula¹, Jessy Motes², Sabrina Scimé¹, Jason L Blanton¹, Theron Hamilton² (1. Battelle Memorial Institute; Navy Entomology Center of Excellence, Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command, Jacksonville, FL (United States of America), 2. Navy Entomology Center of Excellence, Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command, Jacksonville, FL (United States of America))

5:45 PM - 6:00 PM

[8-2-07] In-trap DNA contamination: tsetse (Glossina sp.) xenomonitoring methods can result in over-estimates of Trypanosoma brucei infection

*Isabel Saldanha¹, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano², Lee R Haines², Rachel Lea¹, Gala Garrod¹, Oliver Manangwa⁶, Harriet Auty⁴, Martha Betson³, Jennifer Lord¹, Liam J Morrison⁵, Furaha Mramba⁶, Stephen J Torr¹, Lucas J Cunningham ¹ (1. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK), 2. University of Notre Dame (United States of America), 3. University of Surrey (UK), 4. University of Glasgow (UK), 5. University of Edinburgh (UK), 6. Vector and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Institute (Tanzania))

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM

[8-2-08] Identification and characterization of densovirus endogenous sequences in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci

*Kai-Heng Wei¹, Jun-Bo Luan¹ (1. Shenyang Agricultural University (China))

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