SOA 21 - Tropical diseases

Moderator(s)

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  Suely Rezende, MD, PhD

  Professor of Internal Medicine
  Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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  Vichai Atichartakarn, MD, FACP

  Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University

Presentations:

• 08:00 – 08:20 ICT

  Current management and treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria and the hemolytic effects of 8-aminoquinolines on G6PD deficiency
  

  Speaker: Cindy S. Chu, MD, PhD – Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU)
• 08:25 – 08:45 ICT

  Mechanisms of disease in non-falciparum malaria
  

  Speaker: Nick Douglas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil, FRACP – University of Otago
• 08:50 – 09:10 ICT

  Dengue: Past, present and future
  

  Speaker: Usa Chiamudom Thisyakorn, MD, PhD – Chulalongkorn University