This International meeting was held at the Department of Parasitology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China, October 16 - October 22, 2000. It was the sixth in a series of annual meetings on the subject and was organised and chaired by Yonglong Li and Andreas Ruppel.
Summaries of the talks given at the meeting are available below and a report of the meeting will appear in Trends in Parasitology in early 2001. A mirror site in China is proposed for this and other related schistosomaisis information.
Introduction - Bridges between schistosomes in the East and the West. Andreas Ruppel.
1 The influence of mnng on the proliferation of cultured cell from adult Schistosoma japonicum. Dong Huifen, Jiang Mingsen, Ming Zhenping, and Jhong Qinping.
2 The function of EGF on the proliferation of cultured Schistosoma japonicum cells treated with or without MNNG. Jiang Mingsen, Dong Huifen, Ming Zhenping, and Zhong Qinping.
3 New proteins from schistosomes - database searching, structural predictions, and the implications of sequence polymorphisms. Malcolm W. Kennedy.
4 Acid-rich organelles within schistosomula (S. mansoni), as revealed by Lysotracker Red. Kusel, J.R., White, E., Thornhill, J. , Cooke, B., Hagan, P., Carneiro, P. and Doenhoff, M.
5 Presence of heme degrading enzymes in adult worms of Schistosoma japonicum . Wen-qi Liu, Yong-long Li and Andreas Ruppel.
6 Antibodies against schistosome proteolytic enzymes induced in mice by DNA-vaccination. Andreas Ruppel, Katerina Chlichlia, Mahmoud Bahgat and Volker Schirrmacher.
7 Contruction and characterization of the cDNA library from Schistosoma japonicum cercariae. Xiao-Guang Chen, Ming-Chiu Fung, Xiao-Hong Zhou, Hua Li and Shu-Man Shen
8 Studies on the differences of Schistosoma species and strains by using random amplified of polymorphic DNA markers. Niu Anou and Feng Youren.
9 Protection against schistosomiasis by immunization with plasmid DNA encoding 10.6KDa membrane protein of Schistosoma japonicum. Shen Jijia Jiang Zuojun and Yu Xinbing.
10 Cloning and Expression of 14-3-3 Signalling Protein of Schistosoma japonicum . Wang Xuelong, Shen Jilong and Jiang Zuojun.
11 Nitric oxide induces apoptosis in Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite via calcium signal transduction pathway. Lin Jian Yin and Lin Jing.
12 Gene Discovery through espressed sequence tag (EST) sequencing in Schistosoma japonicum . Wu Zhongdao, Yu Xinbing, Li Yan, Bian Guowu, Li Feiting and Zhen Yinan.
13 Immunological and biochemical characteristics of cercarial elastase from Schistosoma mansoni, S. haematobium, S. japonicum and Trichobilharzia ocellata. Mahmoud Bahgat, Katerina Francklow, Mike Doenhoff, Reda Ramzy, Yong Long Li and Andreas Ruppel.
14 Hybridoma cell agglutination as a novel test to detect circulating antigen: diagnosis of infections with Schistosoma japonicum. Yong-long Li, Wenqi Liu and Andreas Ruppel.
15 Studies on the dipstick of Schistosomiasis japonica. Jiang Changfu, Shi Youen and Gan Yin.
16 Schistosoma mansoni and S. japonicum: transformation of cercariae to schistosomula and their interaction with complement. Wenshi Wang, Michael Kirschfink and Andreas Ruppel.
17 Immune-reaction of African and Chinese schistosomiasis patient sera in line-blots with recombinant Sj22. Ursula Herter, Binta San, Ewald Beck and Andreas Ruppel.
18 Induction of immunoregulation on granulomatous formation in mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum by fractional protein SjR47. Xia Chaoming, Li Yunhe, Mao Zuohua, Luo Wei Gong and Wei Hu Yongde.
19 Rapidly detectingSchistosoma japonicum -specific antibody in sera of Chinese patients. Wan Zhongyuan.
20 The surgical treatment of portal hypertension - Theory and practice of pericardial devascularization with splenectomy. Qiu Fazu and Yang Zhen.
21 The relationship between schistosomiasis japonica and infection with HBV. Song Wen-jian and Cheng Yu-li.
22 Studies on human cellular immune responses in an endemic area for Schistosomiasis Japonica. Zhaosong Zhang, Lei Shen, Guanling Wu, et al.
23 Schistosomiasis in Egypt: An overview and synopsis on recent changes. Reda M. R. Ramzy.
24 Field studies on snail transmitting schistosomiasis in Egypt: environmental factors and effect of selected molluscicides. Amer H. Ahmed, Reda M.R. Ramzy, Andreas Ruppel, Abdel Rahman H. El-Refai, Fouad A.Fahmy and Mohamed A. El- Alamy.
25 Study of plant molluscicide fromJatropha curcas seed (JSC) in laboratory and field. Liu Jianbin, Xu Xingjian, Dai Yuhai, Wei Fenghua, Liu Hancheng and Cai Shunxiang,
26 Strategies of schistosomiasis control in Wuhan. Xu Mingxing, Zhou Dunjin, Geng Hui and Yao Qun.
27 Impact of environment change and schistosomiasis transmission in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River following the Three Gorges dam project. Xu Xingjian, Dai Yuhai, Wei Fonghua and Yang Xianxiang.
28 Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of acute infections with Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium in the absence of reinfection. Thomas Junghanss and Niklaus Weiss.
29 Impact and countermeasures on the acute cases of schistosomiasis transmission by flood of Yanftze River. Dai Yuhai, Li Tao and Yu Binggui
30 Attenuation of Schistosoma mansoni cercaria with a molluscicide and cercaricide derived from the Egyptian weed, Solanum nigrum L. Hanan Helmy, Amer H. Ahmed, Ibrahim H. Kamal and Reda M. R. Ramzy.
31 Use of Landsat TM satellite surveillance data to measure the impact of the 1998 flood on snail intermediate host dispersal in the lower Yangtze River Basin. Zhou Xiaonong, Lin Dandan, Yang Huiming, Chen Honggen, Sun Leping, Yang Guojing, Hong Qingbia, Leslie Brown and J.B. Malone.
32 Study of plant molluscicide from Solanum xanthocarpum extraction. Wei Fonghua, Xu Xingjian, Dai Yuhai and Liu Jianbin.
33 Clinical and pathological aspects of infections caused by bird schistosomes. Libu_e Kolárová.
34 Purification and partial aminoacid sequencing of Clonorchis sinensis 15/16kDa proteins. Pei Fuquan, Huang Jiankang, Cui Huier, Pan Bo, Ran Caiwen, Wu Jun, Fang Yueyi, Liu Meizhen, Liang Wenjia and Zhang Qiming.
35 Studies on relationship between oxidation damage of multi-organ tissues and formation of trichinosis. Cui Yu, Cheng Xiaoxin, WangYing and Zhen Lili.
36 Preliminarily screening potential protective antigen from Schistosoma japonicum cercariae. Liu Guozhang, Xie Wenyue and Chen Xiaoguang.
37 Differences and similarities in life cycle strategies of human and bird schistosomes. Petr Horak.
38 The Studies of Humoral Immunity in Rabbits Vaccinated with Ultraviolet-Attenuated Cercariae of Schistosoma japomicum. Xie Wenyue, Liu Guozhang and Chen Xiaoguang.
Lists of authors and of participating institutes, and a map of institutes locations in China are also available. Additional information on postal and email addressses and links to group homepages will be gratefully received.
This was the sixth in a series of annual meetings on the subject and was held 16 to 22 October 2000 at the Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China. The meeting was organised and chaired by Yonglong Li and Andreas Ruppel. It received support from the Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Y.L.), the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD (travel grants to A.R. for Cairo and Heidelberg), the Ministry of Science and Art Baden-Württemberg (A.R.), the European Community (J.R.K.) and the Royal Society (M.W.K.).
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