Eighth international Course on Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Still a Menace to the Public Health of the Americas. (News & Notes).The Pan American Health Organization The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency with 100 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. It serves as the specialized organization for health of the Inter-American System. (PAHO PAHO Pan American Health Organization (WHO) )/World Health Organization (WHO) Center for Viral Diseases and PAHO/WHO Center for Medical Malacology mal·a·col·o·gy n. The branch of zoology that deals with mollusks. [French malacologie, contraction of malacozoologie, from New Latin Malacoz and Vector Control of the "Pedro Kouri" Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK) in Havana, Cuba, the Ministry of Health, PAHO, and the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)/WHO announce the Eighth International Course on Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Still a Menace to the Public Health of the Americas. On the 170th anniversary of the birth of Carlos J. Finlay, the Cuban scientist who discovered the transmitting agent of yellow fever, the Aedes aegypti mosquito, vector control continues to be the only alternative available to stop the spread of the dengue. The 8th biannual International Course on Dengue will be held in Havana, Cuba on August 11 to 22, 2003. The objective of the course is to provide a forum for participants and presentations by lecturers who specialize in virology, epidemiology, vector control, immunology, sociology, and medical care and have experience with dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF DHF dihydrofolate or dihydrofolic acid. ). Participants will be able to review up-to-date facts about dengue. All presentations will be in Spanish. Practical sessions will be divided into three groups (laboratory diagnosis; entomology entomology, study of insects, an arthropod class that comprises about 900,000 known species, representing about three fourths of all the classified animal species. , vector control, and community participation; and clinical and pathologic aspects) according to the professional profile of attendants. Topics will include dengue and DHF in the Americas, new viruses in old areas and old viruses in new areas, West Nile virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. in the Americas, epidemiology of dengue, clinical and therapeutic aspects of dengue and DHF, healthcare organization in emergency situations, laboratory diagnosis, molecular biology of dengue viruses, molecular evolution/ epidemiology of dengue, bioinformatics and dengue, immunopathogeny and physiopathology phys·i·o·pa·thol·o·gy n. See pathophysiology. , T-cell responses, vaccine development update, and social sciences, vector control, and dengue prevention. Applications should be sent before July 1, 2003, to: Prof. Maria G. Guzman, Instituto Pedro Kouri, Autopista See also:limited access highway Autopista is a Spanish language word designating a limited access highway. Autopistas exist in many Spanish speaking countries, including Mexico, Chile, Spain, Cuba, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Argentina. Novia del Mediodia, Km. 6 P.O. Box Mnao 13, Ciudad Habana, Cuba; fax: 53-7-2020460; telephone: 53-7-246051 or 53-7-2020633; email: lupe@ipk.sld.cu. Applications should include the name and address of applicant, telephone and fax numbers, and email; a summarized curriculum vita; and the practical session of preference. Registration is $1,000 (U.S), which includes registration, course materials, welcome cocktail, and farewell dinner. For additional information visit the Web site: http://www.ipk.sld.cu/eventosipk/curso-dengue1.htm (English) or http://www.ipk.sld.cu/eventosipk/ curso-denguel.htm (Spanish). |
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