title: The first workshop towards the control of cestode zoonoses in Asia and Africa.
abstract: The first workshop towards the control of cestode zoonoses in Asia and Africa was held in Asahikawa Medical University, Japan on 15 and 16 Feb 2011. This meeting was fully supported by the Asian Science and Technology Strategic Cooperation Promotion Programs sponsored by the Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education Japan (MEXT) for 3 years from 2010 to Akira Ito. A total of 24 researchers from 9 countries joined together and discussed the present situation and problems towards the control of cestode zoonoses. As the meeting was simultaneously for the establishment of joint international, either bilateral or multilateral collaboration projects, the main purposes were directed to 1) how to detect taeniasis/cysticercosis infected patients, 2) how to differentiate Taenia solium from two other human Taenia species, T. saginata and T. asiatica, 3) how to evaluate T. asiatica based on the evidence of hybrid and hybrid-derived adult tapeworms from Thailand and China, 4) how to evaluate T. solium and T. hyaenae and other Taenia species from the wild animals in Ethiopia, and 5) how to detect echinococcosis patients and 6) how to differentiate Echinococcus species worldwide. Such important topics are summarized in this meeting report.
authors.affiliation: Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan. akiraito@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Munehiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Tiaoying
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Toni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wandra
authors.forename: Nyoman S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Dharmawan
authors.forename: Kadek I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Swastika
authors.forename: Paron
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dekumyoy
authors.forename: Teera
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusolsuk
authors.forename: Abmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davvajav
authors.forename: Anu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davaasuren
authors.forename: Temuulen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dorjsuren
authors.forename: Sissay M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mekonnen
authors.forename: Zerihun H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Negasi
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanagida
authors.forename: Yasuhito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sako
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: Antti J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lavikainen
authors.forename: Agathe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nkouawa
authors.forename: Tahereh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mohammadzadeh
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*