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Ecology and transmission dynamics of Kala-Azar in Ethiopia

ABOUT THE PROJECT

UPDATES ON PROJECT ACTIVITIES

Publications

RESEARCH GROUPS

Structure and management

Endemic Foci of Kala Azar

GALLERY

 

Updates on project activities


Posters presented at the ISOPS VIII (International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sand Flies)  - 2014 in Iguazu, Misiones - Argentina:

The Influence of moon light and lunar periodicity on the abundance of Phlebotomus (Larroussius) orientalis (Diptera: Psychodidae) from light trap collections in Ethiopia.
Araya Gebresalasie, et al.

Identification of Plants fed upon by phlebotomine sand flies in Ethiopia.
Oscar David Kirstein, et al.


Attraction of Ethiopian phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) to light and sugar-yeast mixture (CO2)
Oscar David Kirstein, et al.



Poster presented at the SOVE - 2013 (Society for Vector Ecology) meeting in Corona, California - USA: Characterization of sand fly breeding sites in vertisols in North-Western Ethiopia. Aviad Moncaz, et al.

Characterization of Vertisols in the VL endemic region of Humera - savannah vs. cultivated fields
Itamar Shabtai, Meni Ben-Hur and Moshe Shenker

Poster presented at the SOVE - 2012 (Society for Vector Ecology) meeting in Montpellier, France: Antibody response of domestic animals to Phlebotomus orientalis bites.

Poster: Characterization of Phlebotomus orientalis salivary antigens

Poster presented at the annual ASTMH meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2012

A field trip to Ethiopia February and September, 2012

Article on Scopus, The magazine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Cohort Study March 2011

Poster presented at the International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sand flies, Kusadasi, Turkey, 2011

Field work in Sheraro Feb 2-12, 2011

Scientific meeting Mekele-Ethiopia Nov 22-24, 2010

November 2010 Iva Rohousova  Mekele Meeting

November 2010 Iva Rohousova  Lalibela

Field Work in Sherao and Humera, 26 Nov-6 Dec, 2010

November 2010 Iva Rohousova  Humera_Fieldwork

Kate Aultman’s Visit – Oct 10-13, 2010


A field trip to Ethiopia August 3-13, 2010

A field trip to Ethiopia May 16-28, 2010 to survey and select field sites in the northeastern foci of Humera and Metema. (see map depicting endemic foci). 

Newspaper Article following the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation award to the Hebrew University (The Marker, Dec 20 2009, in Hebrew).

Newspaper Article following the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation award to the Hebrew University (The Jerusalem Post Dec 17 2009)

Poster announcing the Introductory Meeting for the project (The Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Nov 29, 2009)

Funded by: Bill and Melinda Gates foundation




 

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Charles University in Prague Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Volcani Center

Volcani Center, Israel

The Gertner Institute The Gertner Institute, Israel Faculty of Medicine Hadassa Medical School Faculty of Medicine Hadassah Medical School, Israel

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