ICSSC

2006 International Research in Infectious Diseases Meeting
Bethesda, MD
May - June, 2006

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Session I: Epidemiology
Plenary Speaker Richard J. Webby, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Building Immunity to H5N1 Influenza
Chris Plowe, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Genetic Diversity of Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria Vaccine Antigens MSP-1 and AMA-1 at a Malaria Vaccine Trial Site in Mali
Amidou Samie, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa Genetic Diversity of Entamoeba Histolytica from Africa Based on the Serine- Rich Gene Polymorphism
Marti Jett, Division of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD Host Gene Expression Responses Upon Dengue Exposure and Infection
John Hawdon, George Washington University, Washington, DC Genetic Variation in Hookworm Populations in China
Flavio G da Fonseca, René Rachou Research Center (CPqRR-IOCRUZ), Belo Horizonte, Brazil Study of Vaccinia-Like Virus Outbreaks Affecting Humans and Animals in Brazil
Xiaoman Weng, Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing, China A Multi-Faceted Molecular Epidemiology Study of Leprosy in China
Lisa Jones-Engel, University of Washington, National Primate Research Center, Seattle, WA Primate-to-Human Enterovirus Transmission in Bangladesh (not available)
Phung Dac Cam, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam Surveillance for Vectors of Plague in Two Historically Plague Endemic Villages in Vietnam
Samba Sow, Center for Vaccine Development, Mali, Bamako, Mali Group A Streptococcal Disease in Mali: Pilot Study
Stephen McGarvey, International Health Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI Association of Human and Animal S. Japonicum Infection in the Philippines
Moses Bockarie, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH The Impact of Mass Drug Administration on the Transmission of Wuchereria Bancrofti by Anopheles Koliensis and Anopheles Punctulatus in Papua New Guinea

Session II: Pathogenesis
	Plenary Speaker David H. Walker, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Opportunities to Improve Health in Developing Countries by Advancing Knowledge of Rickettsial Pathogenesis
	Dilara Islam, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand Use of Rhesus Monkeys for the Establishment of the Intragastric Challenge Model for Wild-Type Shigella Dysenteriae
	Banchob Sripa, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand Pathogenesis of Liver Fluke Induced Cancer in Thailand
	Reinaldo Oria, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil Behavioral and Intestinal Barrier Impact of APOE Deficiency in Malnourished APOE Knock-Out Mice
	Bert Lopansri, University of Utah School of Medicine and V.A. Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT Association of Neurological Recovery in Cerebral Malaria with Normalization of Plasma Phenylalanine and Arginine Levels (not available)
	Michal Fried, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, WA Parasite Adhesion, Maternal Immune Responses, and Malaria Prevention During Pregnancy
	Regina LaRocque, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Proteomic Analysis of In Vivo Expressed and Immunogenic Proteins of Vibrio Cholerae

Session III: Vaccines and Immunology
Plenary Speaker John T. Schiller, Laboratory of Cellular Research, NIH, NCI HPV Prophylactic Vaccines to Prevent Cervical Cancer
Socrates Herrera, Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center, Universidad del Valle Cali, Colombia Input of the Cali-TMRC Program on P. Vivax Vaccine Development
Diana Lennon, University of Auckland, New Zealand Control of New Zealand's Sixteen Year Meningococcal Epidemic
Tobias Manigold, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile Analysis of the Memory T Cells Response in Chilean Patients with Past Andes Hantavirus Infection
Kim Mulholland, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Immunogenicity Following 1-3 Doses of the 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Followed by the 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Booster
Edgar Carvalho, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador-BA, Brazil Protective and Pathologic T Cell Response in Cutaneous and Mucosal Leishmaniasis
Jason Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Identification of In Vivo-Induced Bacterial Protein Antigens During Human Infection With Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhi
Ryan Ranallo, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD Developing Live Shigella Vaccines Using λ Red Recombineering

Session IV: Therapeutics
Plenary Speaker Jonathan Vennerstrom, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy Synthetic Peroxides As Antimalarials: Identification of a Secondary Ozonide (1,2,4-Trioxolane) Drug Development Candidate (not available)
T.K. Mutabingwa, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, WA Preventing Malaria During Pregnancy Using Drugs: Facing the Challenge With Limited Options
Miriam Laufer, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Return of Chloroquine Anti-Malarial Efficacy in Malawi
Mauro Schechter, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rifapentine/Isoniazid vs. Rifampin/Pyrazinamide for Treating Latent Tuberculosis Household Contacts
Angelique L. Kany-Kany, Africa Centre for Health and Populations Studies, Somkhele, South Africa A Randomized Controlled Trial of Zinc or Multiple Micronutrients to Reduce Diarrhea and Respiratory Disease in Rural South African Children
Susan Dorman, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD The Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility (MODS) Assay for Detection of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Drug Resistance: Results from Multi-Center Study
Reda Ramzy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt The Effect of Noncompliance on The Impact of Mass Drug Administration for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis
Remigio Olveda, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Health, Philippines Mass Chemotherapy may not be an Effective Strategy for Schistosomiasis Control in the Philippines

Session V: Diagnostics
	Plenary Speaker Maria Giovanni, Assistant Director for Microbial Genomics & Advanced Technology, NIAID, NIH, DHHS NIAID Genomics and Diagnostic Development Program
	John Spencer, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Progress in Developing a Rapid Diagnostic Test for the Early Detection of Leprosy
	Cesar Gavidia, School of Veterinary Medicine, San Marcos University, Lima, Peru Endemic Cystic Echinococcosis in the Peruvian Highlands: Comparison of Four Diagnostic Methods
	Kalifa Bojang, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Blantyre Malaria Project, Blantyre, Malawi Redefining Cerebral Malaria
	Becky Rivoire, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Paradigm for Translation of Infectious Disease Products
	Robert Garry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA Recombinant Antigen Multiagent Diagnostic Assays for Lassa and Other Arenaviruses

Electronic Grant Submission - presented by Nancy Saunders, NIAID/NIH

June 2006

Events

2006 International Research in Infectious Diseases Meeting Bethesda, MD May - June, 2006

Session I: Epidemiology

Session II: Pathogenesis

Session III: Vaccines and Immunology

Session IV: Therapeutics

Session V: Diagnostics

2006 International Research in Infectious Diseases Meeting
Bethesda, MD
May - June, 2006