The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 60th Annual Meeting
Mark your calendar: SCI will be represented in force at the ASTMH 60th Annual Meeting, 4-8 December 2011, Philadelphia, USA.
The ASTMH Annual Meeting is the premier forum for scientific advances in tropical medicine and global health.
Please come and find us during the 5 days. Here are the times of the sessions SCI staff will be participating in during the 60th Annual Conference:
Professor Alan Fenwick
Time: Monday 5 Dec 8.00-9.45
Presentation: Co-Chair
Time: Wednesday 7 Dec 13.45-15.30
Presentation: Symposium Organizer & Prospects for NTD control 2011-2015
Session: Symposium 149: Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Update
Time: Thursday 8 Dec 8.00-9.45
Presentation: Co-Chair
Session: Scientific Session 171: Integrated Control Measures for Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Professor Joanne P. Webster
Time: Monday 5 Dec 13.45-15.30
Presentation: Co-Chair
Session: Scientific Session 44: Schistosomiasis: Molecular Biology
Time: Monday 5 Dec 16.00-17.45
Presentation: Prevalence and intesity of schistosoma spp two years after praziquantel treatment - Mali
Session: Scientific Session 57: Schistosomiasis: Treatment
Dr Jacqueline Leslie
Time: Monday 5 Dec 8.00-9.45
Presentation: West Africa: Costs of Integrated NTD programmes
Session: Symposium 12: The Costs and Financing of Integrated Control Strategies for Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Dr Anna Phillips & Dr Artemis Koukounari
Time: Monday 5 Dec 13.45-15-30
Presentation: 448 - A New Gold Standard for Diagnosis of schistosoma haematobium
Session: Scientific Session 44: Schistosomiasis: Molecular Biology.
Dr Michael French
Time: Wednesday 7 Dec 13.45-15.30
Presentation: Reduction in environmental transmission of schistosomiasis in Africa
Session: Symposium 149: Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub Saharan Africa: An Update
Dr Amadou Garba
Time: Wednesday 7 Dec 10.15-12.00
Presentation: Co-Chair
Time: Wednesday 7 Dec 13.45-15.30
Presentation: Control of NTDs in West Africa with particular emphasis on Niger
Session: Symposium 149: Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub Saharan Africa: An Update
Time: Wednesday 7 Dec 16.00-17.45
Presentation: Mapping and predicting schistosomiasis risk in Niger
Session: Symposium 151: A picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Visualisation of Health Using Geospatial Tools
Dr Narcis Kabatereine
Time: Monday 5 Dec 7.15-9.00
Presentation: 497 - Schistosomiasis in Mothers and Infants (SIMI) from Uganda: Key findings from a closed cohort longitudinal study administering preventive chemotherapy
Session: Poster Session 59: Poster Session B Presentations: Selected Topics in Filariasis, Schistosomiasis and Virology
Time: Monday 5 Dec 16.15-18.00
Presentation: 464 - Treatment of schistosomiasis in infants and preschool-children with praziquantel: correct dose, side-effects and cure rates
Session: Scientific Session 57: Schistosomiasis: Treatment
Time: Tuesday 6 December 12.00-13.45
Presentation: 657 - Investigating the poor parasitological performance of artemether-lumefantrine against malaria in Bukoba village, Mayuge District, Uganda
Session: Poster Session 86: Poster Session C Presentations and Light Lunch
Time: Thursday 8 Dec 8.00-9.45
Presentation: 1569 - Co-administration of praziquantel and albendazole to school children living in a Ugandan community co-endemic for Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm: post-treatment parasite- and allergen-specific humoral responses and patterns of reinfection
Session: Scientific Session 170: Schistosomiasis: Immunology/Pathology
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