Building the Capacity of Insect Scientists: The Role of African Regional Postgraduate Program in Insect Science (ARPPIS)

Organizer(s)

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  Clement Akotsen-Mensah

  Cooperative Extension
  Lincoln University
  Jefferson City, Missouri
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  Caroline FOBA

  Huazhong Agricultural University
  Wuhan, Hebei, China (People's Republic)

The symposium will involve: A 10-minute presentation and 2 minutes of questions A total of 8 presentations will be made There will be an opportunity for participants to ask questions about African Pest problems and the way forward

Presentations:

• Mansonia africana and Mansonia uniformis are vectors in the transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti lymphatic filariasis in Ghana
  

  Presenting Author: chinyelu josephine patrick

  Co-Author: Josephine Ughasi – University of Witwatersrand

  Co-Author: Hilaria Bekard – Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana

  Co-Author: Delphina Adabie-Gomez – University of Ghana

  Co-Author: John Gyapong – Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana

  Co-Author: Maxwell Appawu – Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana

  Co-Author: Michael Wilson – Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana

  Co-Author: Daniel Boakye – University of Ghana
• Evidence of vertical transmission of pathogenic and insect-specific viruses in field-collected mosquito species at Lakes Victoria and Baringo in Kenya
  

  Presenting Author: Yvonne Ajamma

  Co-Author: Thomas Onchuru – Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution

  Co-Author: Daniel Ouso – International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)

  Co-Author: David Omondi – Egerton University

  Co-Author: Daniel Masiga – International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)

  Co-Author: Jandouwe Villinger – International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)