Poster Contributions and Participants

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Ricardo Scher, PhD
Affiliation: Universidade Federal de Sergipe (Brazil)
Title: Meclizine is effective in Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes by trypanothione reductase (TR) inhibition
CG

Claudia Gomes, PhD
Affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)
Title: Available soon.
SS

Shirin Sayyahfar, PhD
Affiliation: Iran University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
Title: Afebrile visceral leishmaniasis became febrile after the onset of treatment: A rare clinical feature of Kala-azar
HM

Hacène MEDKOUR, PhD student
Affiliation: IHU Méditerranée Infection Microbes, Evolution, Phylogénie, et Infection (MEФI) (France)
Title: Canine leishmaniosis: a seroepidemiological and vector survey in two Algerian areas (Bouira, Sétif) and A prevalence survey and clinical study of canine leishmaniosis in Kabylie (Algeria)
NS

Nuno Santarém, PhD
Affiliation: Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Porto (Portugal)
Title: Available soon.
AC

Ana Cantos, PhD
Affiliation: University of Murcia, Murcia (Spain)
Title: Retrospective study of serum anti-Leishmania antibody concentrations in a canine population from Southeastern Spain by two quantitative serological assays: Leiscan® Leishmania ELISA test and in-house TR-IFMA
BG

Behailu Merdekios Gello, PhD
Affiliation: University of Antwerp, Antwerp (Belgium)
Title: STIGMA: THE HIDDEN FIERY SPEAR OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN ETHIOPIA
GP

Gabriane Nascimento Porcino, PhD
Affiliation: Universidade São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)
Title: Evaluation of methods for detection of individuals in the state of Piauí, Brazil, with asymptomtic infections with Leishmania infantum
TS

Tatiane Aranha da Penha-Silva, PhD
Affiliation: UEMA (Brazil)
Title: Feline leishmaniasis: a case report
FS

Fernando Almeida de Souza, PhD
Affiliation: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz – FIOCRUZ (Brazil)
Title: Chemical composition of Ocimum canum Sims. essential oil, antiprotozoal activity and ultrastructural alterations it induces in Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes
RO

Renata Mondêgo de Oliveira, PhD
Affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (Brazil)
Title: Composition and antileishmanial action of Vernonia brasiliana essential oil
AS

Ana Lúcia Abreu-Silva, PhD
Affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (Brazil)
Title: Leishmania/HIV co-infection in Brazil
MR

Magda Clara Vieira da Costa Ribeiro, PhD
Affiliation: Federal University of Paraná (Brazil)
Title: Canine American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in an endemic area for human cases in Paraná, Brazil
AS

Alicia Ponte-Sucre, PhD
Affiliation: Universidad Central de Venezuela (Venezuela)
Title: Putative identification of the receptor Associated membrane protein-2 (RAMP-2) in Leishmania species by immuno-blot analysis and in silico AND New World Leishmania isolates, their sensitivity towards betulinic acid a and caffeic acid b derivatives
GM

Gisele F Machado, PhD
Affiliation: São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Veterinary Medicine, São Paulo (Brazil)
Title: Profile of genes related to the innate and adaptive response in the encephalon of dogs with visceral leishmaniasis (VL)
GA

Giovana Lasso Araujo, PhD student
Affiliation: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)
Title: Available soon.
SC

Sofia Cortes, PhD
Affiliation: IHMT-UNL (Portugal)
Title: Synthetic peroxides as potential anti-Leishmania chemotypes
DB

Debora Cavalcante Braz, PhD
Affiliation: University of Piauí Pharmacy course (Brazil)
Title: Available soon.
CG

Carmen Chicharro Gonzalo, PhD
Affiliation: Centro Nacional de Microbiología Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain)
Title: DIAGNOSIS OF IMPORTED LEISHMANIASIS IN THE WHO COLLABORATING CENTER FOR LEISHMANIASIS (CNM-ISCIII)
FM

Francisco Javier Nieto Martinez, PhD
Affiliation: Centro Nacional de Microbiología Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain)
Title: DIAGNOSIS OF IMPORTED LEISHMANIASIS IN THE WHO COLLABORATING CENTER FOR LEISHMANIASIS (CNM-ISCIII)
LC

Leandro Costa, PhD
Affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará (Brazil)
Title: Epidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a region of the Amazon where the world’sfourth largest hydroelectric power plant is located
LS

Luís Antonio Sangioni, PhD
Affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil)
Title: Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis Notification System: App C7 LVC
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Elodie PETITDIDIER, PhD
Affiliation: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement – IRD (France)
Title: First peptide based-vaccine providing protection against canine visceral leishmaniasis
EM

Esther Moreno, PhD
Affiliation: Institute of Tropical Health, University of Navarra (Spain)
Title: Evaluation of a topical dapsone organogel for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis
SE

Socorro Espuelas, PhD
Affiliation: Institute of Tropical Health, University of Navarra (Spain)
Title: Combination of paromomycin plus human anti-TNF-α antibodies to control the local inflammatory response in BALB/ mice with cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions
JA

José Manuel Méndez-Arriaga, PhD
Affiliation: Universidad de Granada, Granada (Spain)
Title: Leishmanicidal activity of 7-amino-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine Cu(II) complexes
FS

Fabiana Rodrigues de Santana, PhD
Affiliation: Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)
Title: Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis with allopurinol associated with a recombinant cysteine proteinase from Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi (rLdccys1)
CR

Celia Fernández Rubio, PhD
Affiliation: Universidad de Navarra. Instituto de Salud Tropical (Spain)
Title: LEISHMANICIDAL ACTIVITY OF ISOSELENOCYANATE DERIVATIVES
MA

M. Magdalena Alcover Amengual, PhD
Affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)
Title: Detection of Leishmania spp. in wild mammals in an endemic area of L. Infantum
LO

Laura Ordeix, PhD
Affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)
Title: Use of imiquimod as treatment of stage I leishmaniosis-papular dermatitis in dogs
SJ

Silvio Henrique dos Reis Júnior, PhD
Affiliation: Universidade do Estado do Pará (Brazil)
Title: Geoprocessing of cutaneous leishmaniasis reveals major areas of risk and the relationship with antropisation in a region of the brazilian amazona, where the world’s fourth largest hydroelectric power plant is located
RC

Raffaele Corso, PhD
Affiliation: University di Naples, Napoli (Italy)
Title: LEVELS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN SERUM OF DOGS AND THEIR CORRELATION TO OCCURRENCE OF LEISHMANIASIS
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Pamela Martínez Orellana, PhD
Affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)
Title: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for detecting specific antibodies to Leishmania braziliensis and L. infantum in dogs from north-eastern Brazil
TL

Tamás Laskay, PhD
Affiliation: University of Lübeck (Germany)
Title: Dysfunction of blood neutrophils and monocytes in clinical visceral leishmaniasis
AN

Adriana Maria Nunes, PhD
Affiliation: Federal University of Piauí (Brazil)
Title: Organotheluran RF07 in the treatment of dogs with visceral leishmaniasis
JS

Juliana Ferreira Strixino, PhD
Affiliation: Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (Brazil)
Title: Curcumin internalization in macrophage infected with Leishmania
LB

Luís Fábio da Silva Batista, PhD
Affiliation: Universidade Salvador (Brazil)
Title: Genome-wide evaluation of clinical response in canine leishmaniasis
TT

Thaise Yumie Tomokane, PhD student
Affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)
Title: High in situ IL-6 expression is associated with extreme pathogenicity poles of the spectrum American cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis and Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
HO

Haydee Miranda Ortiz, PhD
Affiliation: National Institute of Genomic Medicine (México)
Title: Maxicircle Genome Sequence of Leishmania mexicana on Isolates from LCL and DCL Patients: use for PCR diagnosis
AJ

Aide Sandoval Juarez, PhD
Affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud (Perú)
Title: Molecular identification of Leishmania species in pediatric population attended at the National Institute of Health
ND

Nebiye Doni, PhD
Affiliation: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Centre Department of Pathology and Microbiology (USA)
Title: First Emergence of Leishmania infantum in a new focus, Sanliurfa, Turkey
LC

Luzia Côrtes, PhD
Affiliation: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ (Brazil)
Title: Carbohydrates residues can contribute drive the adhesion of Leishmania spp promastigotes on Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lulo) cells
MB

Melahat Bagirova, PhD
Affiliation: Yildiz Technical University (Turkey)
Title: LARGE SCALE CULTIVATION OF L. INFANTUM PROMASTIGOTES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINE AGAINST LEISHMANIASIS
MS

Marcos Santos, PhD student
Affiliation: CIISA – Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (Portugal)
Title: Lymphocyte differentiation in dogs treated for canine leishmaniasis
GP

Graça Alexandre Pires, PhD
Affiliation: CIISA – Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (Portugal)
Title: Conventional antileishmanial drug associated with membrane transport modulators represents a new strategy to leishmaniasis treatment
AF

Annarita Fiorillo, PhD
Affiliation: SAPIENZA – University of Rome, Rome (Italy)
Title: Available soon.
AS

Ali Selman, PhD
Affiliation: Nottingham Trent University (UK)
Title: Available soon.
SA

Salah Alhajri, PhD student
Affiliation: Nottingham Trent University (UK)
Title: A model to study the effect of Leishmania parasite virulence on interaction with Balb/c and C57 mice macrophages
AP

Agnes Antônia Sampaio Pereira, PhD student
Affiliation: Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou / FIOCRUZ (Brazil)
Title: Applicability of non-invasive collection methods in the molecular diagnosis of American cutaneous leishmaniasis
LB

Lorena Bernardo, PhD
Affiliation: Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain)
Title: Inmunosupressive drugs and Leishmania infection: a comparative study in the experimental mice model
EA

Elmo Almeida-Amaral, PhD
Affiliation: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Brazil)
Title: Available soon.
JM

Juliana Perrone Bezerra de Menezes, PhD
Affiliation: IGM, FIOCRUZ (Brazil)
Title: Leishmania infection modulates host cell adhesion and migration
RM

Rebeng Maine, PhD student
Affiliation: University of Cape Town, Cape Town (South Africa)
Title: Investigating the role of interleukin-4 induced gene 1 (IL-4I1) in murine macrophage activity during Leishmania major infection
BS

Bahador Shahriari, PhD
Affiliation: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
Title: Attenuated Leishmania Major Induces a High Level of Protection against Leishmania Infantum in BALB/c Mice
AM

Abdolali Moshfe, PhD
Affiliation: Yasuj University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
Title: Experimental treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with medicinal plants: Plantago psyllium and Matricaria chamomilla
MO

Maykon Tavares de Oliveira, PhD
Affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto – USP (Brazil)
Title: Transcriptome: identification of pathways involved in human pathogenesis of visceral Leishmaniasis
MS

Maíra Garcia Saldanha, PhD
Affiliation: Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz – FIOCRUZ (Brazil)
Title: Cellular patterns associated to tissue damage in human cutaneous leishmaniasis
DS

Domingo Casamian-Sorrosal, PhD
Affiliation: Catholic University of Valencia, Valencia (Spain)
Title: Comparison of NT-proBNP levels at different stages of visceral leishmaniosis and in patients with chronic kidney disease
EM

Eduardo Martinez, PhD
Affiliation: Universidad Mayor (Chile)
Title: The pangenome of ​Leishm​ania spp: a comparative genomic study
SM

Solange de Araújo Melo, PhD
Affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (Brazil)
Title: Evidence of vertical transmission of Leishmania spp. in dogs from São Luís, Maranhão
EG

Eugenia Carrillo Gallego, PhD
Affiliation: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Centro Nacional de Microbiología WHO Collaborative Center for Leishmaniasis (Spain)
Title: Loop-mediated isothermal amplification is a rapid and accurate diagnostic for canine leishmaniasis
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Iolanda Graepp, PhD student
Affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (Brazil)
Title: Leishmania/HIV co-infection in Brazil