13:00 Progress Report Chairperson: Dr Chen Minggang Rapporteur: Dr Luz Acosta

After very hard work in the past one and half days, it has been a good meeting, which is efficient sucessful and productive as we expected.

Zhou Xiaonong1,2, Luz Acosta3, Lydia R. Leonardo4, Chen Minggang1, Gemiliano Aligui3, Feng Zheng1, and Remigio Olveda4

Wuxi, P.R. China, September 8-10, 1998

Sequence variation and implications Time：2009-10-9 Molecular characterization of Schistosoma japonicum tegument protein tetraspanin-2: Sequence variation and possible implications for immune evasion Pengfei Cai, Lingyi Bu, Heng Wang Laboratory of Parasitology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science

Human Schistosoma japonicum Infection in Pregnancy (a pilot study) Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), Philippines Center for International Health Research (CIHR)/RIH, USA

Antibody isotype responses to paramyosin, a vaccine candidate for schistosomiasis, and their correlations with resistance and fibrosis in patients with Schistosoma japonicum in Leyte, The Philippines T. Nara1), K. Iizumi1), H. Ohmae2), O.S. Sy3), S. Tsubota1), Y. Inaba4), A. Tsubouchi1), M. Tanabe5), S. Kojima6), T. Aoki1)

Several recommendations were made pertaining to scientific, operational and organizational issues. Scientific Recommendations