Topics

Theoretical sessions will be covered during the first week (August 7 to 11) while practical sessions will cover thebandera-espana 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