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European Commission Colloquium Conference

Neglected Protozoan Diseases

Prevention, Treatment and Control of Leishmaniasis,
Trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease

Friday September 24th, 2010, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Advisory Scientific Committee

Gerald Spaeth, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Stefan Magez, VUB, Brussels, Belgium
Jean-Claude Dujardin, ITM-A, Antwerpen, Belgium
Gérard M. Papierok, Virbac SA, Carros, France
Helge B. Bode, Frankfurt University, Frankfurt, Germany
Michael A. Miles, LSHTM, London, UK
Simon L. Croft, LSHTM, London, UK
Dolores G. Pacanowska, CSIC, Granada, Spain
Ole F. Olesen, Health Research, European Commission
Rachida Ghalouci, Health Research, European Commission

The Colloquium

This colloquium will bring together scientists who are interested in research on neglected protozoan diseases. The meeting will gather 8 major research projects funded by the European Commission (EC) under the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) in the area of neglected infectious diseases. 

The programme will be a combination of : 

1) keynote lectures by leaders in the field about the latest scientific developments
2) presentation of the 8 EC funded research consortia with their latest cutting-edge research results
3) poster sessions presenting new research on protozoan diseases.

Conference Sessions

The colloquium will address the neglected protozoan diseases of Leishmaniasis, human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), and Chagas’ disease.

• Vaccines for Leishmaniasis
• New diagnostic for protozoan diseases
• Innovative drug discovery
• Control of Leishmaniasis
• Epidemiology of neglected protozoan diseases