The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) organizes its general congress every three years and provides clinicians, scientists and students an opportunity to meet key leaders in the field of medical mycology from all continents. The 22nd ISHAM Congress 2025 is organized together with the 23rd INFOCUS annual meeting and the International Meeting on Endemic Mycoses of the Americas (IMEMA).
Session
Efforts to improve the knowledge and management of eumycetoma
Date: Thursday, 22 May 2025
Time: 9:00-10:20
Room: Cataratas do Iguaçu 1
Chair: Wendy van de Sande, Associate Professor, ErasmusMC
| Global epidemiology of eumycetoma: Current surveillance efforts and future needs Dallas Smith, Epidemiologist, Centers For Disease Control |
| Enhancing knowledge and management of eumycetoma: Initiatives by the global mycetoma working group Ahmed Fahal, Professor of Surgery, University of Khartoum, and Founding Director, Mycetoma Research Centre (MRC) |
| The development of a multiplex recombinase polymerase amplification reaction to detect the most common causative agents of eumycetoma Wendy van de Sande, Associate Professor, ErasmusMC |
| Advancing research and development for mycetoma Borna Nyaoke-Anoke, Head of Mycetoma Disease, DNDi |
