The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) 2021 Annual Meeting will feature oral presentations and posters from many CVD faculty, students, post-doctoral fellows and staff working on a variety of topics related to tropical medicine and global health. We are exceptionally proud of our participation in the ASTMH annual meeting. Please use the schedule below to support your colleagues by attending their sessions.
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Young Investigator Award Session B
Location Young Investigator Award Room B
Time: 10:00 AM
Presentation 0711 - Artemether-lumefantrine antimalarial efficacy among adults on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi
Authors: Jernelle C. Miller, Wongani Nyangulu, Randy G. Mungwira, Titus H. Divala, Nginache Nampota, Sunil Parikh, Joep J. Oosterhout, Matthew B. Laurens, Miriam K. Laufer
Session 8 (Scientific Session) - Clinical Tropical Medicine: HIV and Enteric Infections
Location: Meeting Room 7
Time: 8:00 – 9:45AM
Speaker: Megan Birkhold (also co-chair of the session)
Title: 0033 - Characterization of Typhoid Intestinal Perforation in Africa: Results from the Severe Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa (SETA) Program
Time of presentation: 8:40 AM
Session 25 (Symposium) - Beyond Mucosal Immunity: The Multifunctional Role of IgA in Health and Disease
Location: Meeting Room 9
Time: 12:45 PM – 2:30
Speaker: Andrea Berry
Title: Human IgA responses to Plasmodium falciparum
Time of presentation: 1:15 PM
Session 20 (Scientific Session) - American Committee of Molecular, Cellular and Immunoparasitology (ACMCIP): Protozoans - Genetic and Genomic Approaches
Location: Meeting Room 4
Time: 12:45 – 2:30 PM
Co-chair: David Serre
Speaker: Brittany Hazzard
0414 - Long read single cell RNA sequencing of Plasmodium vivax reveals diversity in transcript isoforms
Time of presentation: 1:25pm
Poster Session A (8:40 AM)
0033 - Characterization of Typhoid Intestinal Perforation in Africa: Results from the Severe Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa (SETA) Program
Authors: Megan Birkhold, Shrimati Datta, Gi Deok Pak, Justin Im, Octavie Lunguya Metila, Abraham Aseffa, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Abdramane Soura Bassiahi, Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Iruka N. Okeke, Kathleen M. Neuzil, Raphaël M. Zellweger, Florian Marks
Poster Session A (11:00 AM)
0034 - Estimating the economic burden of typhoid in children and adults in Blantyre, Malawi: a costing cohort study
Authors: Fumbani Loveness Limani, Christopher Smith, James Meiring, Richard Wachepa, Frederic Debellat, Clint Pacenka, Melita Gordon, Naor Bar-Zeev
0249 - Single cell analysis reveals transcriptional heterogeneity and changes accompanying Plasmodiumsporozoite development
Author: Haikel N. Bogale
0250 - PfEMP1 expression specific to severe malarial anemia and cerebral malaria in a case-control study in Mali
Authors: Emily M. Stucke, Drissa Coulibaly, Noah T. Ventimiglia, Ankit Dwivedi, Antoine Dara, Abdoulaye K. Koné, Karim Traoré, Bouréima Guindo, Bourama M. Tangara, Amadou Niangaly, Modibo Daou, Issa Diarra, Youssouf Tolo, Mody Sissoko, Savy M. Sebastian, Matthew B. Laurens, Amed Ouattara, Bourema Kouriba, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Shannon Takala-Harrison, David Serre, Christopher V. Plowe, Joana C. Silva, Mahamadou A. Thera, Mark A. Travassos
0253 - Optimization of Plasmodium falciparum whole genome capture for multiplex sequencing of low parasitemia dried blood spots
Authors: Matthew Adams, Zalak Shah, Emily M. Stucke, Sandra H. Ott, Biraj Shrestha, Mark A. Travassos, Joana C. Silva, Shannon Takala-Harrison
0255 - Apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA1) haplotypes spatiotemporal distribution and encoding genes variants relation to malaria symptoms in Bandiagara, Mali
Authors: Amed Ouattara, Drissa Coulibaly, Matthew Adams, Amadou Niangaly, Abdoulaye K. Kone, Karim Traore, Matthew B. Laurens, Youssouf Tolo, Bourema Kouriba, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Abdoulaye Djimde, Mahamadou A. Thera
0256 - Genetic Diversity and Demographics of Plasmodium Species on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
Authors: Thomas C. Stabler, Ankit Dwivedi, Biraj Shrestha, Sudhaunshu Joshi, Olivier Tresor Donfack, Carlos A. Guerra, Guillermo A. García, Joana C. Silva, Claudia Daubenberger
0296 - Parasite Targets of Protection Induced by PfSPZ Vaccine, a Whole Organism-Based Vaccine Against Malaria
Authors: Ankit Dviwedi, Biraj Shrestha, Kephas Otieno, Reuben Yego, Simon Kariuki, Andrea A. Berry, Kirsten E. Lyke, Shannon Takala-Harrison, B. Kim Lee Sim, Thomas L. Richie, Stephen L. Hoffman, Robert Seder, Martina Oneko, Joana C. Silva
0369 - Innate-like T cell responses in HIV exposed uninfected (HEU) Malawian infants
Authors: David Thomas Rach, Hao-Ting Hsu, Nginache Nampota, Godfrey Mvula, Franklin R. Toapanta, Marcelo B. Sztein, Miriam Laufer, Kirsten E. Lyke, Cristiana Cairo
Poster Session B (10:15 AM)
0461 - Causes of stillbirths in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia Findings from the CHAMPS study
Authors: Afruna Rahman, Kyu Han Lee, Md. Atique Iqbal Chowdhury, Shams El Arifeen, Adama Mamby Keita, Samba Sow, Milagritos D Tapia, Ashka Mehta, Karen Kotloff, …, Lucy Liu
Poster Session B (10:25 AM)
0462 - Etiology of death among infants and children enrolled through the multisite Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network
Authors: Quique Bassat, Ikechukwu Ogbuanu, Samba Sow, Adama Mamby Keita, Milagritos Tapia, Ashka Mehta, Karen Kotloff, Afruna Rahman, … , DIanna M. Blau
0653 - Malaria surveillance and resistance patterns in the endemic border regions of Thailand, 2019-2021 Malaria surveillance and resistance patterns in the endemic border regions of Thailand, 2019-2021
Authors: Michele Spring, Krisada Jongsakul, Worachet Kuntawunginn, Siriporn Sornsakrin, Phimpan Pisutsan, Nithinart Chaitaveep, Preeyaporn Suida, Lertsethtakarn Paphavee, Nonlawat Boonyalai, Kingkan Pidtana, Piyaporn Sai-ngam, Kirakarn Kirativanich, Montri Arsanok, Chaiyaporn Chaisatit, Parat Boonyarangka, Saowaluk Wongarunkochakorn, Mark Fukuda, Nicholas Martin, John S. Griesenbeck, Shannon Takala-Harrison, Brian Vesely, Mariusz Wojnarski, Mariusz Wojnarski, Sutchana Tabprasit, Chatree Raseebut, Danai Jaerakul, Chokchai Khuanpichit, Prayut Sudathip, Norman Waters
Poster Session B (12:00 PM)
0672 - Frequency and evolution of histidine-rich protein 2 and 3 deletion among global Plasmodium falciparum strains
Author: Thomas C. Stabler, Ankit Dwivedi, Biraj Shrestha, Sudhaunshu Joshi, Tobias Schindler, Guillermo A. García, Claudia Daubenberger, Joana C. Silva
0673 - Plasmodium falciparum population structure in southwestern Africa, based on newly generated genome-wide sequence data
Authors: Wilson Tavares, Ankit Dwivedi, Fernanda Dias, Ana P. Arez, Joana C. Silva
0681 - Malian children develop acute but not durable anti-PfEMP1 serologic responses to clinical malaria infection
Authors: Joshua F. Craft, Drissa Coulibaly, Emily M. Stucke, Noah T. Ventimiglia, Andrea A. Berry, Kirsten E. Lyke, Matthew B. Laurens, Jason A. Bailey, Matthew Adams, Amadou Niangaly, Abdoulaye K. Kone, Shannon Takala-Harrison, Bourema Kouriba, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Philip L. Felgner, Christopher V. Plowe, Mahamadou A. Thera, Mark A. Travassos
0711 - Artemether-lumefantrine antimalarial efficacy among adults on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi
Authors: Jernelle C. Miller, Wongani Nyangulu, Randy G. Mungwira, Titus H. Divala, Nginache Nampota, Sunil Parikh, Joep J. Oosterhout, Matthew B. Laurens, Miriam K. Laufer
Session 91 (Scientific Session) - Mosquitoes-Vector Biology-Epidemiology I
Location: Meeting Room 9
Time: 8:00 – 9:45AM
Speaker: Rex Mbewe (also co-chair of the session)
Title: 0931 - Blood meal sources and nonrandom human selection by Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Malawi: Implications for malaria transmission
Time: 8:20 AM
Session 88 (Scientific Session) - Malaria: Genetics, Genomics and Modeling
Location: Meeting Room 6
Time: 8:00 - 9:45AM
Speaker: Joshua G. Suresh
Title: Thriving students, thriving communities: the impact and cost-effectiveness of school-based malaria chemoprophylaxis
Time: 8:50 AM
Session 101 (Symposium) - Dengue: Vaccines and Immunity
Location: Meeting Room 5
Time: 12:45 PM – 2:30
Speaker: Kirsten Lyke (also co-chair of the session)
Title 1289 - A Phase 1 Open-Label Trial with Dengue-1-Virus Live Virus Human Challenge Assessment of Healthy U.S. Adults Previously Primed with Tetravalent Dengue Virus Purified Inactivated Vaccine and Boosted with Tetravalent Dengue Virus Live Attenuated Vaccine Formulation
Time: 12:45 PM
Poster Session C (8:00 AM)
0929 - Blood feeding on humans vaccinated with AGS-v PLUS, a mosquito salivary peptide vaccine, impairs the reproductive capacity of female Aedes albopictus mosquitoes
Authors: Joshua R. Lacsina, Mara T. Short, Timothy R. Wilson, DeAnna J. Friedman-Klabanoff, Megan Birkhold, Allyson Mateja, Sally Hunsberger, Fabiano Oliveira, Shaden Kamhawi, Gregory Stoloff, Olga Pleguezuelos, Matthew J. Memoli, Matthew B. Laurens, Jesus G. Valenzuela
Poster Session C (8:20 AM)
0931 - Blood meal sources and nonrandom human selection by Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Malawi: Implications for malaria transmission
Authors: Rex B. Mbewe, John B. Keven, Charles Mangani, Mark L. Wilson, Themba Mzilahowa, Don Mathanga, Clarissa Valim, Miriam K. Laufer, Lauren M. Cohee, Edward D. Walker
Poster Session C (8:50 AM)
0927 - Thriving students, thriving communities: the impact and cost-effectiveness of school-based malaria chemoprophylaxis
Authors: Joshua G. Suresh, Marita Zimmermann, Lauren M. Cohee, Miriam K. Laufer, Sarah Staedke, Chris Drakely, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Don Mathanga, Caitlin Bever
1062 - Update on multidrug resistant P.falciparum malaria: treatment options in the context of changing drug susceptibility profile in Cambodia
Authors: Mariusz Wojnarski, Somethy Sok, Nonlawat Boonyalai, Pattaraporn Vanachayangkul, Panita Gosi, Nillawan Buathong, Sohei Hom, Darapiseth Sea, Michele Spring, Jessica Lin, Threechada Boonchan, Paphavee Lertsethtakarn, Piyaporn Saingam, Chaiyaporn Chaisatit, Sabaithip Sriwichai, Worachet Kuntawunginn, Kittijarankon Phontham, Montri Arsonok, Saowaluk Wongarunkochakorn, Lychhea Hout, Pheaktra Oung, Soklyda Chann, Sovannarith Em, Krisada Jongsakul, Prom Satharath, John Brooks, Philip Smith, Rekol Huy, Brian Vesely, Samandra Demons, Shannon Takala-Harrison, Mark M. Fukuda, Chanthap Lon, Dysoley Lek, Norman Waters
1112 - Controlled human malaria infections with NF54 and 7G8 strains elicit differential antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum peptides
Authors: DeAnna Friedman-Klabanoff, Travis L. Jensen, Kirsten E. Lyke, Matthew B. Laurens, Joana C. Silva, Emily M. Stucke, Amed Ouattara, Casey E. Gelber, Johannes B. Goll, Jigar J. Patel, John C. Tan, Gregory A. Deye, Shannon Takala-Harrison, Mark A. Travassos, Andrea A. Berry
Poster Session C (11:00 AM)
LB-5316 - Combined phylogenomic, epidemiologic, and geospatial cluster analyses to understand endemic typhoid fever transmission in Samoa
Authors: Michael J. Sikorski, Sachin N. Desai, Jane Han, Siaosi Tupua, Susana Nimarota-Brown, Michelle Sialeipata, Linatupu Punimata, Savitra Rambocus, Danielle J. Ingle, Sebastian Duchene, Susan A. Ballard, Mary Valcanis, Sara Zufan, Tracy H. Hazen, Jillian S. Gauld, Mailis Maes, Gordon Dougan, Robert E. Thomsen, Jianguo Ma, Roy M. Robins-Browne, Benjamin P. Howden, Take K. Naseri, Myron M. Levine, David A. Rasko
Poster Session C (3:30 PM)
1131 - Genotyping Plasmodium falciparum mature gametocytes using amplicon deep sequencing
Authors: Jimmy Vareta, Biraj Shrestha, Amed Ouattara, Miriam Laufer, Shannon Takala-Harrison
1324 - Neonatal infection associated with child deaths from Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia: Initial findings from Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance
Authors: Muntasir Alam, Kyu Han Lee, Sana Mahtab, …, Samba Sow, Adama Mamby Keita, Milagritos Tapia, Ashka Mehta, Karen Kotloff, Emily Gurley, Shams El Arifeen, Robert F. Breiman, Cynthia G. Whitney, Shabir Madhi
Session 126 (Scientific Session) - Clinical Tropical Medicine: Vectorborne Disease
Location: Meeting Room 8
Time: 8:00 – 9:45AM
Speaker: DeAnna Friedman-Klabanoff
Title 1360 - Safety and immunogenicity of AGS-v PLUS, a mosquito saliva peptide vaccine against arboviral disease
Time: 8:40 AM
Authors: DeAnna J. Friedman-Klabanoff, Megan Birkhold, Mara T. Short, Timothy R. Wilson, Joshua R. Lacsina, Fabiano Oliveira, Shaden Kamhawi, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Sally Hunsberger, Allyson Mateja, Gregory Stoloff, Olga Pleguezuelos, Matthew J. Memoli, Matthew B. Laurens
Session 135 (Scientific Session) - Mosquitoes: Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Location: Meeting Room 6
Time: 10:15 - 12:00PM
Title 1391 - Evolution of Pfs47 and the adaptation of ancestral Plasmodium falciparum to vectors of human malaria
Time: 10:15 AM
Authors: Alvaro Molina-Cruz, Ankit Dwivedi, Gaspar E. Canepa, Weimin Liu, Nadia Raytselis, Beatrice Hahn, Joana C. Silva, Carolina Barillas-Mury
