The 15th APCPZ

Time Title Session Chairs/ Presenters
Session 1 (Aug 21 / Room : 306B) Tai-Soon Yong
Masaharu Tokoro
14:00-14:10 Opening Remarks
14:10-14:25 Are commensal protozoans truly non-pathogenic even in non-immune population? Masaharu Tokoro (Kanazawa University, Japan)
13:25-14:40 A new potential diagnostic marker for Acanthamoeba Jian-Ming Huang (National Cheng Kung University, Chinese Taipei)
14:40-14:55 Some studies on host-parasite relationships of Toxoplasma gondii Bong-Kwang Jung (Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Korea)
14:55-15:10 Detection and phylogenetic analyses of symbiotic ds RNA viruses of protozoan parasites Fumi Murakoshi (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan)
15:10-15:25 Pathogenic protist transmembranome database (PPTdb): A web-based platform for searching and analysis of protist transmembrane proteins Wei-Hung Cheng (Chang Gung University, Chinese Taipei)
Session 2 (Aug 21 / Room : 306B) Hong Kean Ooi
Chia-Kwung Fan
15:25-15:40 Effects of culture conditions on the development of Toxocara canis eggs Shoji Uga (Kobe Women's University, Japan)
15:40-15:55 Genome sequencing of Angiostrongylus cantonensis Petrus Tang (Chang Gung University, Chinese Taipei)
15:55-16:10 Advances in molecular systematics of the genus Metagonimus and other heterophyid flukes Dong-Min Lee (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
16:10-16:25 Arthropod-borne zoonoses in Korea Tai-Soon Yong (Yonsei University, Korea)
Session 3 (Aug 21 / Room : 306B) Wei-Chen Lin
Sung-Jong Hong
16:40-16:55 The body wall of Trichinella spiralis with crucial function Yuzo Takahashi (Gifu University, Japan)
16:55-17:10 Enterobius vermicularis infection among preschool children in kindergarden in capital area, Republic of Marshall Islands, 2017 Chia-Kwung Fan (Taipei Medical University, Chinese Taipei)
17:10-17:25 Epidemiological studies on enterobiasis in Korea Hak-Sun Yu (Pusan National University, Korea)
17:25-17:40 Maintenance of infectivity of Toxocara cati larvae for a long period of time in mice Taira K (Azabu University, Japan)
17:40-17:55 Role of trematode exosomes in host defense Hyemi Song (Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Korea)
17:55-18:00 Closing Remark Hyemi Song (Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Korea)