ASTMH Annual Meeting
The ASTMH Annual Meeting is the premier international forum for the exchange of scientific and clinical advances in tropical medicine, hygiene and global health. World-class research findings, clinical updates and topical discussions about the hot-button global issues from the world’s brightest scientific experts and thought leaders are presented over five days.
The scientific program is designed for researchers, professors, government and public health officials, military personnel, travel clinic physicians, practicing physicians in tropical medicine, students, and all healthcare providers working in the fields of tropical medicine, hygiene, and global health. The meeting draws thousands of tropical medicine and global health professionals representing academia, foundations, government, not-for-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, the military, and private practice.
FIND BELOW ALL SCHISTOSOMIASIS RELATED SESSIONS
Wednesday, Nov 13
8412 - Association of S. haematobium Infection with Pregnancy in Tanzania - Young Investigator Award Session E
Convention Center - Room 354/355 (3rd Floor) 9:00 AM
Thursday, Nov 14
POSTER SESSION A
Convention Center - Hall I-1 (1st Floor) 28 - Poster Session A - 12:00 PM
LB-9022 - Two-stage juvenile-adult model of Schistosomiasis and its implications for disease transmission, persistence, breakpoints and control outcomes
LB-9135 - Implementation of the Schistosomiasis Practical and Precision Assessment guidance for assessment of the impact of mass drug administration on schistosomiasis in five districts of Tanzania
6667 - Risk factors and ultrasound aspects associated with Urogenital Schistosomiasis among primary school children in Mali West Africa
6673 - Monitoring the impact of Community-based deworming on Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school-age children in western Kenya: Midterm resullts
6679 - A Follow-Up Study in 2024: Schistosomiasis Impact Assessment in Eight Districts Following a Decade of Mass Drug Administration
6718 - Identifying platforms for optimal delivery of a novel pediatric praziquantel formulation for schistosomiasis treatment in hard-to-reach areas and populations in Kenya - What are the key contextual factors?
6723 - Detection of Schistosoma haematobium cell-free DNA in urine samples stored on filter papers to improve the diagnostic of urinary schistosomiasis
6724 - Factors influencing the resolution of female genital schistosomiasis: a longitudinal study from rural Madagascar
6725 - Accurate Detection of Female Genital Schistosomiasis - A Neglected Gynecological Tropical Disease
6727 - Enhancing detection and monitoring of schistosomiasis using Flow, a urine-based analyte pre-concentration technology
6728 - Risk Factors for Schistosomiasis Cure Failure/Reinfection Among Pre-School-Aged Children 12 Months after treatment in Uganda
6730 - Novel Intervention Strategies for Schistosomiasis Elimination
6735 - Suitable Communication Strategies Prior to the Introduction of a Novel Pediatric Treatment Option < Schistosomiasis in Kenya
36 - American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health (Clinical Group - ACCTMTH) Symposium I: Vincenzo Marcolongo Lecture: Schistosomiasis: Insights Into Immunology and Treatment from Human Challenge Studies
Convention Center - Room 352 (3rd Floor) - 3:00 PM
37 - American Committee of Molecular Cellular and Immunoparasitology (ASMCIP): Molecular Approaches to Parasite Infection, Growth and Development
Concention Center - Room 353 (3rd Floor) - 3:00 PM
- 3:30 PM - Genome-wide association study of an African snail vector of schistosomiasis identifies genes associated with resistance to infection by Schistosoma mansoni - Michelle Steinauer
48 - Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Environmental Health (WaSH-E): Outcomes
Convention Center - Room 345 (3rd Floor) - 5:15 PM
- 6:45 PM - Community perceptions of open defecation and schistosomiasis control: Lessons learned from a rapid ethnographic assessment study in three endemic lakeshore communities in Mayuge, Uganda - Poppy Lamberton
Friday, Nov 15
67 - Schistosomiasis and Pre-School Age Children: Burden, Morbidity, and Update on Treatment Approaches
Convention Center - Room 354/355 (3rd Floor)
- 10:25 AM Prevalence and morbidity due to schistosomiasis among pre school age children and burden of anemia due to schistosomiasis in this age group - Susannah Colt
- 10:40 AM Impact of varying Praziquantel doses (20, 40, 60 mg/kg) on safety and efficacy for the treatment of schistosomiasis - Jean Coulibaly
- 10:55 AM Orodispersible Arpraziquantel development and next steps - Rana Afshar
- 11:10 AM Needs and Gaps in Treatment for Schistosomiasis Among Preschool Aged Children - Prudence Beinamaryo
- 11:25 AM Impact of 40 vs 60 mg/kg of Praziquantel on cure rate, egg reduction rate, and morbidity among pre school aged children in Uganda - Amaya Bustinduy
71 - Working Together: How NTD Elimination and Maternal Health Programs Can Learn and Collaborate to Decrease Disease and Maternal Mortality
Convention Center - Room 388/389 (3rd Floor) 10:15 AM
- 11:05AM - Updates on the Intersection of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Tropical Diseases; highlights on Congenital Chagas and Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS)
86 - Measures for Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Convention Center Room - 357 (3rd Floor) - 1:45 PM
- 2:15 PM Factors influencing the uptake of mass drug administration for schistosomiasis among preschool-aged children: a cross-sectional study from Madagascar - Valentina Marchese
- 2:30 PM Exploring the relationship between WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) Access in schools and schistosomiasis prevalence - Victoria Turay
- 2:45 PM Modeling the impact of improved water, sanitation and hygiene conditions due to the coronavirus disease prevention measures on soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis infections in Kenya: What lessons can we learn from this natural experiment? - Collins Okoyo
100 - Innovative Local Solutions and Novel Data Use Toward Last Mile Efforts in Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases
Convention Center - Room 388/389 (3rd Floor) - 4:00 PM
- 4:10 PM A digital platform for monitoring the implementation of PC-NTD interventions: the ESPEN IU Planner - Jorge Cano
- 5:10 PM Sub-district MDA data collection and analysis integrated with the supervisors’ coverage tool for improved program implementation - Victoria Turay
- 5:30 PM Unravelling the mystery of Never Treated Populations: An Investigation using Results from Surveys across Six West African Countries - Diana Stukel
POSTER SESSION B
Convention Center - Hall I-1 (1st Floor) 75 - Poster Session B - 12:00 pm
LB-9207 - Neglected parasitic zoonoses and the importance of adopting aOne -Health approach for soil- transmitted helminth and schistosomiasis control in Ghana
LB-9243 - Sentinel-site monitoring of the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis in Rwanda: measuring needs to enhance control interventions
LB-9244 - A film about schistosomiasis as an intervention in Pemba Island, Tanzania
6725 - Accurate Detection of Female Genital Schistosomiasis - A Neglected Gynecological Tropical Disease
7501 - The Financial Impact of Livestock Schistosomiasis and Understanding the Importance of Policy Buy-in on Intervention Success
7140 - The impact of chronic schistosomiasis on co-infections with dengue virus in Madagascar
7434 - Integrated lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthiasis impact assessment in Ohaukwu, Ebonyi state, Nigeria
7459 - Evaluation of Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis and Schistosomiasis Coverage following Six Years of Mass Drug Administration in Five Nigeria States
7472 - Antibody-omics Reveals Biomarkers of Schistosomiasis and Cross-talk with Tuberculosis
7501 - The Financial Impact of Livestock Schistosomiasis and Understanding the Importance of Policy Buy-in on Intervention Success
7519 - Sensitivity of cluster, practical and sentinel impact assessment methodologies for adjusting preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis elimination in Nigeria
7521 - Using Human-Centered Design to support Development and Improvement of a Mobile Enabled Diagnostics for Schistosomiasis Control Analytics (MEDSCAN) Software for Schistosomiasis Diagnosis in Western Kenya
7523 - Multi-Contrast Machine Learning Improves Schistosomiasis Diagnostic Performance
7524 - Mapping Risks for Female Genital Schistosomiasis in Urban settings to Guide Public Health Interventions
7526 - Advancements in Schistosomiasis Diagnosis: Is Recombinant Antibody POC-CCA more reliable?
7531 - Community Awareness of Female Genital Schistosomiasis and Mass Drug Administration Participation in the Abobo District, Ethiopia - Findings from the FAST Package Pilot Project
7532 - Moving from district to sub-district schistosomiasis implementation in Senegal: time to change and adapt strategies
7533 - Predictors of Schistosomiasis Japonicum Infection Risk in Sichuan,China
7538 - The Colonial Impact On Schistosomiasis Research, Present Day Inequalities And Moving Towards An Equitable Research Environment
Saturday, Nov 16
113 - Innovative Tools for the Control of NTDs. How to Achieve Impact through Access Beyond Drug Donations
Convention Center - Room 357 (3rd Floor) 8AM
- 8:30 AM Pediatric praziquantel. Insights from a pivotal trial for the treatment of schistosomiasis - Maurice Odiere
- 9:00 AM Panel discussion with donors and stakeholders on the access of new tools for the control of NTDs - Julie Jacobson; Emily Wainwright; Carol Karutu; Christy Hanson; Hayato Urabe
POSTER SESSION C
Convention Center - Hall I-1 (1st Floor) - 120 - Poster Session C 11:00 AM
8217- Understanding perceptions of schistosomiasis and its control among highly endemic lakeshore communities in Mayuge; Uganda
8252 - Biomarker discovery and assay development to detect antibodies to Schistosoma haematobium
8255 - Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) Knowledge Gaps and Needs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Analysis and Review of Action Plans Generated from a Peer-to-Peer Education Method
8258 - The impact of extreme rainfall events on schistosomiasis transmission in communities living around Manombo Special Reserve, Madagascar
8261- Community preferences for interventions to reduce human to snail transmission of schistosomiasis in Mayuge district Uganda
8262 - Unravelling the True Impact of Schistosomiasis: Redefining the WHO Elimination as a Public Health Problem Target
8266 - DNA methylation profiles in urothelial bladder cancer tissues and children with schistosomiasis from Eggua, Ogun State Nigeria
8267 - Deep Humoral Profiling Coupled with Machine Learning Reveals Novel Diagnostic and Morbidity Biomarkers for Schistosomiasis Pathophysiology
8269 - Schistosomiasis japonicum infection in the Philippines: Low Prevalence among children aged 1-4 years and correlation between Helminth Burden and Intestine Inflammation
8271 - Trogocytosis: a potent mechanism for host resistance to schistosomiasis
8273 - Community and Individual Preferences For A New Water Infrastructure For Non-Drinking Activities In A Schistosomiasis Endemic Area
143 - Schistosomiasis I: Immunology, Pathology, Molecular Biology, Diagnostics and Treatment
Convention Center - Room 354/355 (3rd Floor) 3PM
- 3:00 PM 8330 - A clinical score to screen children in need for chronic fascioliasis testing in Cusco - Peru - Karen Mozo Velazco
- 3:15 PM 8331 - Diagnostic accuracy of colposcopy for female genital schistosomiasis screening at primary level of care - Pia Rausche
- 3:30 PM 8332 - Transcriptomics of the African freshwater snail vector Biomphalaria sudanica s.l. reveals candidate loci for schistosome resistance - Tom Pennance
- 3:45 PM 8333 - Automated diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium with artificial intelligence on handheld digital microscopes in rural Côte d’Ivoire - María Díaz de León Derby*
- 4:00 PM 8334 - Characterization and Process Development of a Schistosoma haematobium Serine Protease Inhibitor (Shserpin-p46): A Next Generation Vaccine for Urogenital Schistosomiasis - Adebayo Molehin
- 4:15 PM 7531 - Community Awareness of Female Genital Schistosomiasis and Mass Drug Administration Participation in the Abobo District, Ethiopia - Findings from the FAST Package Pilot Project - Claudia Duguay
- 4:30 PM 8336 - EMPOWER: Enrichment Metagenomic Profiling for Women’s Reproductive Health - Jennifer Fitzpatrick
8336 - EMPOWER: Enrichment Metagenomic Profiling for Women’s Reproductive Health
Convention Center - Room 354/355 (3rd Floor) 4:30 PM
159 - Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Neglected Tropical Diseases
Convention Center - Room 383/384/385 (3rd Floor) - 5:15 PM
- 5:25 PM Using artificial intelligence-based digital pathology for the detection of soil-transmitted helminths and intestinal schistosomiasis - Peter Ward
Sunday, Nov 17
170 - American Committee of Molecular Cellular and Immunoparasitology (ACMCIP): Parasite Vaccine Development
Convention Center - Room 354/355 (3rd Floor) 8:00 AM
- 9:15 AM - A Phase I/II Study of the Safety, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy of Sm-TSP-2/Alhydrogel with or without AP 10-701 for Intestinal Schistosomiasis in Healthy Ugandan Adults - Chrispus Bakunda
177 - Schistosomiasis II: Epidemiology and Control
Convention Center - Room 395/396 (3rd Floor) 8AM
- 8:00 AM 8406 - Combining wearable GPS loggers with environmental and snail data to uncover fine-scale Schistosoma mansoni transmission dynamics in Uganda - Fabian Reitzug
- 8:15 AM 8407 - Acceptability and feasibility of a one-stop home-based genital self-sampling for Female Genital Schistosomiasis, Human Papilloma Virus and Trichomonas and HIV self-testing: Baseline data from A longitudinal cohort study in Zambia - Rhoda Ndubani
- 8:30 AM 8408 - Schistosoma mansoni and Helicobacter pylori Co-infections among School-Aged Populations: A Study in Nigerian Communities - Babatunde Adewale
- 8:45 AM 8409 - Main Results from a Phase II Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial of Praziquantel in Preschool Children with Intestinal Schistosomiasis - Amaya Bustinduy
- 9:00 AM 8410 - The Use of Water eDNA in Snail Identification for the Understanding of Fasciola Environmental Burden and Snail Diversity in the Highlands of Peru - Melinda Tanabe
- 9:15 AM 8411 - Inflammation-adjusted vitamin A deficiency is associated with heavy Schistosoma mansoni infection intensity among preschool-aged children in Uganda - Susannah Colt
- 9:30 AM 8412 - Association of S. haematobium Infection with Pregnancy in Tanzania - Sheridan Bowers
185 - The Challenge of Schistosomiasis Diagnosis and Treatment in Young Children and Pregnant Women – The Example of freeBILy
Convention Center - Room 356 (3rd Floor)
- 11:40 AM Introduction and Purpose of the Session - Andrea Kreidenweiss
- 11:45 AM Introduction and Purpose of the Session - Daniela Fusco
- 11:50 AM The diagnostic challenges of schistosomiasis: why do we need a POC? - Pytsje Hoekstra
- 12:00 PM Lessons learned from the field - Evaluation of the performance of circulating anodic antigen(CAA) measurement as a diagnostic tool for the detection of Schistosoma haematobium infections in pregnant women and their newborn and child in Lambaréné, Gabon - Yabo Josiane Honkpehedji
- 12:20 PM Lessons learned from the field - Schistosomiasis among pregnant women in rural Madagascar: a call for action for adapting public health strategies - Raphael Rakotozandrindrainy
- 12:30 PM Lessons learned from the field - Evaluation of the performance of the point of care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) measurement as a diagnostic tool for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni infections in pregnant women in rural Madagascar - Rivonirina Andry Rakotoarivelo
- 12:40 PM Modelling the cost-effectiveness of test and treat strategies for schistosomiasis - Elisa Sicuri