5th International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases

ABSTRACT

The proceedings contain 112 papers. The topics discussed include tuberculosis are we anywhere close to eliminating it?;monkeypox the new global threat?;new paradigms in a microbe-threatened world;human-animal spillover of SARS-CoV-2 implications for public health;preparing for the next pandemic;antimicrobial resistance are we losing the fight?;extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) bacteremia looking into the risk factors of mortality from Malaysian's perspective;multidrug-resistant salmonella spp. isolated from environment of chicken farms;vector control where are we and where are we heading?;regional support for outbreak preparedness/ enhancing regional health security in Asia through genomic surveillance;role of molecular diagnostic capacity in COVID-19 control - South Indian experience;and vector-borne diseases during COVID-19.