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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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Wednesday, November 17

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

Thursday, November 18

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


POSTERS

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 

Friday, November 19

POSTERS

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 SowMilagritos D TapiaAshka MehtaKaren 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 TapiaAshka MehtaKaren 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. StuckeNoah T. VentimigliaAndrea A. BerryKirsten E. LykeMatthew B. LaurensJason A. BaileyMatthew 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

Saturday, November 20

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

SpeakerKirsten 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


POSTERS

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. LauferLauren 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. CoheeMiriam 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. LykeMatthew B. LaurensJoana C. SilvaEmily M. StuckeAmed 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. SikorskiSachin N. DesaiJane 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

AuthorsMuntasir Alam, Kyu Han Lee, Sana Mahtab, …, Samba Sow, Adama Mamby Keita, Milagritos TapiaAshka MehtaKaren Kotloff, Emily Gurley, Shams El Arifeen, Robert F. Breiman, Cynthia G. Whitney, Shabir Madhi 

Sunday, November 21

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