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ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Oral Presentations 1 – Surveillance System I

OP1 – Sandra Downing, Australia
A New Chlamydia Sentinel Surveillance System in Australia; Using Novel Electronic Scanning and Linkage Technology

OP2 – Ping Zhang, China
A Model for Providing Public Health Action Alerts in Measles Elimination

OP3 – Rosario Pamintuan, Philippines
Impact of an Active Surveillance System During the Mayon Volcano Eruptionvalbay, Philippines, 2006

OP4 – Hui-Yi Chien, Taiwan
Analysis of the Imported Cases Identified at Taoyuan International Airport Through Fever Screening, from January 2005 To May 2007

OP5 – Tapas Kumar Sen, India
Use of Geographical Information System (GIS) Helped to Control Dengue Outbreak in Kolkata Metropolitan City, West Bengal, India, 2005 

Oral Presentations 2 – Surveillance System II

OP6 – Saraswathi Rai, Malaysia
Evaluation of Hand, Foot, Mouth Sentinel Surveillance at the District Level in Penang, Malaysia 

OP7 – Dipankar Maji, India
Malaria Surveillance in Kolkata Does Not Detect Clusters and Cannot Identify Areas for Targeted Intervention-Kolkata, India, May-2007

OP8 – Ching-Hui Jiang, Taiwan
Management and Visualization of Vector Mosquito Breeding Sites Using Google Maps

OP9 – Jun Yuan, China
A 12-Fold Increase in the Report of Hepatitis in a County? Is It True?

OP10 – Debasis Roy, India
Hospital Based Active Surveillance of Road Traffic Injuries and Deaths in the Howrah District, West Bengal, India 2006

OP11 – Argata Guracha, Kenya
A Study Of Rural Telemedicine System In Wajir, Mandera and Ijara Districts, Kenya, 2006 

Oral Presentations 3 – Vector Borne Diseases

OP12 – Ravi Katti, India
Risk Levels of Vector Indices for Dengue are Poor Surrogates for Predicting Chikungunya Outbreaks

OP13 – Eleanor Repatacodo, Philippines
Upsurge of Malaria among Construction Workers in an Urban Development Area - Philippines, April 2007

OP14 – Marina Kamaruddin, Malaysia
A Health and Hospital Management of a Malaria Outbreak in Hulu Perak District, Perak, Malaysia, March - June 2007

OP15 – Allen Chi-wai Chan, China
Visiting Malaria Endemic Area, Are You "Ready" - Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Malaria and its Prevention among Hong Kong Travellers, Hong Kong, 2007

OP16 – G. Praveen, India
Assessment of Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme in Gulbarga District, Karnataka, India, 2007 

Oral Presentations 4 – Waterborne Diseases

OP17 – Jingxiu Han, China
A Hepatitis A Outbreak from River Water Used for Washing Hand in a Township Middle School- Chongqing, China, 2006 

OP18 – Naretrit Khadthasrima, Thailand
Outbreak of Trichloroethylene Poisoning in a Garment Factory-Samut Prakann, Thailand, 2006

OP19 – Lucinda Franklin, Australia
An Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium 9 at a School Camp in Victoria, Australia Linked to Contamination of the Water Supply, March 2007

OP20 – Edwin Mayor, Philippines
Water-Borne Shigellosis in 44 Villages in Eastern Philippines, 2007

OP21 – Balraj Singh, India
Hepatitis A Outbreak due to Contamination of Drinking Water Supply, Shimla City, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2006-07

OP22 – Joselito Feliciano, Philippines
Waterborne Cholera Outbreak in a City - Philippines, 2006 

Oral Presentations 5 – Vaccine Survey, Drug Use & Chronic Diseases

OP23 – Sailaja Bitragunta, India
Evaluating the Universal Immunization Programme in Hyderabad, India

OP24 – Feng Ruan, China
The Effectiveness of Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis During a Rabies Outbreak in Chongqing City, China, 2004- May 2007

OP25 – Pradyumna Kishore Mohapatra, India
A Therapeutic Efficacy Trial of Sulphadoxine / Pyrimethamine Alone and in Combination with Artesunate in Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria Cases in Miao Area of Changlang, Indo-Myanmar Border District, Arunachal Pradesh, India

OP26 – Bisworanjan Dash, India
Prevalence of Hypertension in Tribal Community of Kalahandi District, Orissa, India

OP27 – Jyoti Dhawan, India
Study to Estimate Prevalence of Hearing Impairment in Children-Barabanki District, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2007

OP28 – Dhanajay Srivastava, India
Prevalence Survey for Physical Disability amongst Rural Population of Mau District of Uttar Pradesh, India during May 2007 

Oral Presentations 6 – Non Communicable Diseases

OP29 – Thanom Noimoh, Thailand
Mass Hydrogen Sulfide Intoxication among Seafarers, Phuket, Thailand 2007

OP30 – Katrina Roper, Australia
A Community Survey on Experiences and Perceptions of Injury, Safety and Crime - Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia, November 2006

OP31 – Tulshi Pramanik, India
High Frequency of Suicide among Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Cultivators, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India, 1996-2005

OP32 – Yun-Hsia Hsu, Taiwan
An Epidemiology Investigation on Prevalence and Risk Factors of Elementary School Students Infected with Head Louse in Taipei City

OP33 – Nelson Soriano, Philippines
Chemical Poisoning in Two Villages in Northern Luzon-Philippines, 2006

OP34 – Jinyu Shen, China
Typhoon-Related Injuries and Risk Factors, Fujian, China, 2006 

Oral Presentations 7 – Outbreak Investigations

OP35 – Joselito Feliciano, Philippines
Malaria Outbreak in an Endemic Province due to Transient Construction Workers - Philippines 2007

OP36 – Pradyumna Kishore Mohapatra, India
Increased Breeding of Anopheles Minimus in Slow Running Streams during an Outbreak of Malaria in North Lakhimpur, Assam, India

OP37 – Tsuey-Fomg Lee, Taiwan
Confirmation of Homologous Strains as the Cause of Bacillary Dysentery Outbreaks in Nanjhuang Township of Miaoli County and Heping Township of Taichung County by Molecular Epidemiology - Taiwan, 2005-2006

OP38 – April Roberts-Witteveen, Australia
An Outbreak of Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis in an Eye Clinic: Maintaining Infection Control - New South Wales, Australia, 2006 

Oral Presentations 8 – Foodborne Diseases

OP39 – Horacio Echenique, Argentina
Gastroenteritis Outbreack by Norovirus in Villa Urquiza, Entre Rios, Argentina. 2004 

OP40 – Warin Pongkankham, Thailand
Human Streptococcus Suis Type 2 Infectious Related with Eating Raw Pork, Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand 2005-6

OP41 – Jinyu Shen, China
An Outbreak of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Attributed to Food and Contact in a School V Fujian Province, China, 2007

OP42 – Shaharom Noor Azian Che Mat Din, Malaysia
Food Poisoning Outbreak in a Religious High School Johor Bahru, Johor On 16th April 2007

OP44 – Tharawit Ouppapong, Thailand
Investigation of Food Poisoning Outbreak among Students of University X-Thailand, August-September 2006 

Oral Presentations 9 – Respiratory Diseases & Tuberculosis

OP45 – Sobhan De, India
An Outbreak of Measles in Kantadih Village, Purulia District, West Bengal, India, 2007 

OP46 – Anita Suleiman, Malaysia
Rubella Outbreak in a Fully Residential School - Kuala Selangor, April 2007 

OP47 – The Indian FETP Measles-Working Group, India
The Heterogeneity of Measles Epidemiology in India: Comparing Outbreaks from Two States with Different Vaccine Coverage

OP48 – Pei-Chun Chan, Taiwan
Extrapulmonary TB in Children, Did We Do Enough Contact Tracing?

 OP49 – Neeta Singla, India
Involvement of Private Practitioners in Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme in India: Constraints & Issues

OP50 – Sudipta Basa, India
Delays in Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Tribal Patients Registered under DOTS in Mayurbhanj District of Orissa, India 

Oral Presentations 10 – Influenza

OP51 – Prema Rajendra, Malaysia
Influenza A Outbreak among National Service Trainess in Kuala Langat District, Selangor State, Malaysia - March 2007

OP52 – Ying Shi, China
Study on the Capacity and Potential of Hospitals on Response and Preparedness for the Pandemic Influenza in Beijing-Beijing, China, 2006

OP53 – Pongtorn Chartpituck, Thailand
Retrospective Cohort Study of Risk Factors and Transmission in an Influenza Outbreak among Remand Residents, Bangkok, June-July 2006

OP54 – Lei Zhou, China
Human H5N1 Cases in Urban Residents in China, Suspected Exposure in Live-Poultry Markets, December 2005-June 2007 

Oral Presentations 11 – Zoonoses

OP55 – Bo-Yi, China
An Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak at a Rural Worksite, Anhui Province, China, December 2006

OP56 – Girraj Singh, India
Sero-Epidemiological Study on Brucellosis among Veterinary Personnel in Delhi, India

OP57 – Cheng-Yu Lee, Taiwan
Spatio-Temporal Analyses for the Control and Prevention of Emerging Infectious Diseases: an Example for the West-Nile Virus Outbreak in Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2002

OP58 – Balkis A. Karim, Malaysia
Situational Analysis of Melioidosis in Terengganu, Malaysia 

Oral Presentations 12 – HIV/AIDS

OP59 – Chin-Hui Yang, Taiwan
The Efficacy of Universal Prenatal HIV Screening and the Effect of Perinatal Prophylaxis to Prevent Maternal-to-Child HIV Transmission in Taiwan, 2005-2006

OP60 – Ka Wing Au, Hong Kong
An Escalating Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infections among Networks of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Hong Kong - Preliminary Epidemiological Profile an Expanding Cluster of HIV Infections 

OP61 – Anita Suleiman, Malaysia
Situational Analysis of HIV Co-Infections in HIV/AIDS Notified Cases in Selangor