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Session
CP6: Epidemiology & Public Health 15 min talks
Time:
Tuesday, 27/Aug/2024:
3:30pm - 4:15pm

Session Chair: Amanda Ash, Murdoch University
Session Chair: Vito Colella, The University of Melbourne
 Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Uni of Auckland Engineering Complex Bldg LT 401-439

Lecture Theatre 401-439 – Neon Theatre

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Older urban rats are infected with the zoonotic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Phoebe Rivory1, Miguel Bedoya-Pérez2,3, Michael Ward1, Jan Slapeta1,4

1Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia; 2The Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 3School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 4Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia


High prevalence of hookworms and Strongyloides stercoralis in school-age children cohabiting with dogs in Cambodia, despite long-term, bi-annual mass drug administration

Patsy A. Zendejas Heredia1, Molyden Vann2, Shannon M. Hedtke3, Samantha Kufel1, Warwick N. Grant3, Robin B. Gasser1, Martin Walker4,5, Rekol Huy2, Rebecca J. Traub6, Virak Khieu2, Vito Colella1

1Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.; 2National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.; 3Department of Environment and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.; 4Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, UK.; 5London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK.; 6Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health at City University Hong Kong


Diagnostic sensitivity of formalin-fixed faecal microscopy techniques for the detection of soil-transmitted helminths

Amanda Ash1, Boualay Keokhamphavanh2, Breanna Knight1, Ashleigh Peck1, Kelly Taggart1, Sarah Keatley1, Bounnaloth Insisiengmay2, Andrew Larkins1

1College of Environmental and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Australia; 2Department of Communicable Disease Control Ministry of Health Lao PDR