Vivax Working Group
8-9 May, 2011Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Program
Genotyping Workshop
- Welcome and Introductions
- Genotyping lessons learnt from P. falciparum and their application to P. vivax
- Genotyping opportunities in P. vivax
- P. vivax Genotyping for population genetic characterisation
- Discussion on genotyping applications
- Practical aspects of genotyping
- Discussion on practical aspects of genotyping
- Project presentations
- Introduction to whole genome sequencing in Plasmodium
- Discussion on whole genome sequencing
- Summary and Discussion
Vivax Working Group Meeting
- Introduction
- Overview first year of VxWG activities
- Knowledge gaps in management P.vivax: diagnostics for Pv and G6PD
- Knowledge gaps in vivax treatment
- Knowledge gaps in surveillance and community based public health interventions
- Discussion of the VxWG grants program: Review of research priorities; Where can the working group make the biggest impact?; Which research areas should the APMEN VxWG focus funding in 2011/12?
- Approach to grant funding for Year 2
- Summary and conclusions
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