Topics
Theoretical sessions will be covered during the first week (August 7 to 11) while practical sessions will cover the topics of epidemiology and community participation, clinic and pathology, vector control and entomology, viral diagnosis and immunology during the second week (August 14 to 18).
General topics
• Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya global and regional epidemiological situation.
• International initiatives against the arbovirus co-circulation
• Integrated dengue surveillance
• Viral structure and genome. Viral replication and evolution.
• Clinical picture and pathology. Case definition. Clinical management
• Impact of the WHO dengue clinical classification.
• Neurological disorders associated to these viruses
• Challenges of arbovirus diagnostic and surveillance
• Immune responses
• Pathogenesis and physiopathology. Antibody dependent enhancement (ADE). NS1 protein role
• Genetic host factors
• Vaccines and vaccination strategies
• Antivirals
• Vector ecology
• Enzootic cycles
• Vector dynamic for arboviruses transmission
• Entomological surveillance.
• Chemical and biological vector control methods.
• New tools for vector control
• Mechanisms of Insecticide Resistance
• Vector competence
• Social aspects in the struggle of dengue, zika and chikungunya
• Mathematical models for dengue and others arbovirus transmission study
• IMS-Arboviruses
• Integral Strategy (EGI) for dengue prevention and control
• Integral Strategy (EGI) for Arbovirus prevention and control
• Ecobiosystem approach for arboviruses control and prevention
• The community role in vector control.
• Cost/effectivity of dengue control activities
• Emergency management for outbreak control
• Climate change and arboviruses transmission