Announcement and call for papers
First Announcement
The current importance of zoonoses is unprecedented, since 60% of infectious human diseases are common to man and animals. Its impact not only lies in the damage to health, but also causes severe economic losses due to the repercussion on animal production.
In Cuba there are surveillance, prevention and control programs for zoonotic diseases, which include various actions and guidelines aimed at decision-making in the face of health emergencies. One of the programs maintained in our environment since 1981 is that of Leptospirosis, an infection that has presented an endemo-epidemic behavior, with a seasonal cyclical character, throughout all these years.
Other zoonotic diseases of interest for public and veterinary health in Cuba are yellow fever, Nile fever, Lassa fever, avian influenza (SARS virus), hantavirus and rabies within the viral ones, as well as brucellosis, borreliosis, campylobacteriosis , anthrax, Mediterranean spotted fever (rickettsiosis), Rocky Mountain fever (rickettsiosis), Q fever, Ehrlichiosis, bubonic plague, psittacosis, salmonellosis, tularemia, which make up the bacterial ones. Histoplasmosis and ringworm make up the small group of fungal diseases, while the most representative group of parasitosis is made up of Amebiasis, Ancylostomosis, Angiostrongylosis, Anisakiasis, Babesiosis, Balantidiosis, Capilariosis, Cheyletiellosis, Cryptosporidiosis, Diphyllobothriasis, Dipilidiasis, Dracunculiasis, Echinococcosis , Schistosomiasis (bilharziosis), Strongyloidiasis, Fascioliasis, Filariasis, Gasterophilosis, Giardiasis, Leishmaniasis, Taeniasis, Toxocariasis, Toxoplasmosis, Trypanosomiasis and Trichinosis, among others.
The «Pedro Kourí» Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK) and the Cuban Society of Microbiology and Parasitology invite you to participate in the tenth edition of the International Course «Leptospirosis Havana 2022 and other zoonoses of importance to public health». The objective is to debate in theoretical sessions, conferences and exhibitions the most relevant aspects of zoonoses to contribute to early warning, prevention and control in our geographical regions. The event will take place virtually (online) from May 24 to 26, 2022.