Summary
The course objective is to get knowledge and practice on vectors of parasites and viruses circulating in the Amazonian and Caribbean regions. A large panel of lecturers will cover the biology, behaviour and identification of the vector of malaria, chagas disease, leishmaniases and arboviroses as well as pathogen detection and vector control aspects. Students will be asked to work on a tutored project, which will be put in actions the second week during a trip to a field site.
Contact us
E-Mail: isabelle.dusfour@pasteur.fr
Telephone: +594 594 26 94 05
Practical information:
Location: Vectopôle Amazonien Emile Abonnenc, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 97300 Cayenne, French Guiana
Dates: 18- 29 September 2017
Application deadline: 31 July 2017
The committee of the course will evaluate applications.
Language: English
The course comprises:
The acceptance to the course will cover course, laboratory and field trip expenses as well as travel and lodging to French Guiana if required.
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Directors
Isabelle DUSFOUR, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane
Mathilde GENDRIN, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane
Attendees: 10
Duration: 2 weeks
Contact: email: isabelle.dusfour@pasteur.fr / Telephone: +594 594 26 94 05
Lecturers:
Isabelle DUSFOUR, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Claude FLAMAND, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Mathilde GENDRIN, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Claude GUERTIN, Institut Armand Frappier, Laval, Québec, Canada
Denis BLANCHET, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Nicole ACHEE, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
John GRIECO, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
Thiago VASCONSCELOS DOS SANTOS, Evandro Chagas Institute, Pará State, Brazil
Ademir MARTINS, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
André YEBAKIMA, Centre de démoustication et de recherches entomologiques/Lutte antivectorielle, Fort-de-France, Martinique, France.
Hedley CAIRO, Ministry of Health, Paramaribo, Surinam.
Johana RESTREPO-ZABALETA, DDAS, Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane.
Application details: Please provide a cover letter, a curriculum vitae and a reference letter.