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Working groups

ICTTD Working groups

1. Tick Host Pathogen Database (THPbase) / GIS - A cluster of integrated databases for ticks, hosts and pathogens. Prevalence data on ticks and tick-borne pathogens will be linked to remotely sensed eco-climatic data to create predictive maps for geographical distribution of ticks and diseases in the (sub-tropics)
2. Biosystematics Forum - A forum which will discuss, evaluate and recommend changes regarding biosystematics and molecular phylogeny of ticks and tick-borne pathogens
3. Molecular Diagnostic Network - Novel molecular diagnostics will be used to conduct comparative epidemiological studies on tick-borne diseases
4. Genomics and Vaccine Design - proteomics data for ticks and tick-borne pathogens will be exploited to design novel integrated vaccine strategies targeting ticks and pathogens to reduce dependency on chemical tick control. The CA will act as a focal point for setting up consortia on novel genomics projects particularly for ticks
5. Tick-borne zoonoses in the (sub)Tropics - the human medicine section of the consortium, developing a database on zoonotic tick-borne pathogens occurring in the Tropics and Subtropics.
6. (ICTTD General)

A file including more detailed working group reports that were presented during the last day of the ICTTD-3 start-up meeting can be downloaded here