09.30: Arrival and registration

10.00: Introduction and welcome (Dr Mark Booth, Cambridge University)

Session 1: Ecology of co-infection in wildlife

10.10 -10.45 Structure in parasite component communities of wild rodents: predictability, stability,associations and interactions, or just pure randomness? (Professor Jerzy Behnke, University of Nottingham)

10.45 -11.20 The impact of co-infection on host-microparasite dynamics in natural wildlife populations (Dr. Sandra Telfer, University of Liverpool

11.20 – 11.45 Coffee

Session 2: Epidemiology of co-infection

11.45 – 12.20 Health impact of co-infection: are we under-estimating the burden of parasitic diseases? (Dr. Simon Brooker & Dr. Sian Clarke, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

12.20 – 12.55 Implications of HIV-parasite co-infection for the emergence of new parasite strains (Dr. Jamie Lloyd-Smith, Pennsylvania State University)

12.55 -13.50 Lunch

Session 3: Co-infection and the immune system

13.50 – 14.25 Human helminth co-infection and its immunological consequences. (Professor Jan Bradley, University of Nottingham)

14.25 -15.00 “Functional groups” of parasites: a tool for analysis of co-infections. (Dr. Joanne Lello, Cardiff University)

15.00 -15.35 Optimality analysis of Th1-Th2 immune allocation during micro-macroparasite co-infection. (Dr. Andrew Fenton, University of Liverpool)

15.35-16.05 Tea

Session 4: Malaria – helminth interactions

16.05 – 16.40 Malaria – Schistosoma haematobium co-infections in Senegal. (Dr. Pierre Druihle, Pasteur Institute)

16.40 – 17.15 Malaria – helminth infections in South East Asia (Dr. Mathieu Nacher, Centre d’Information et de Soins de l’Immunodéficience Humaine, French Guiana)

17.15 – 17.25 Wrap-up

Registration required:

Yes

Free:

No