eventflo - BSP Spring Meeting 2019

Dr Mohammad Zahangir Alam

Teaching and Reserach at University

Bangladesh Agricultural University

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1Genetic diversity patterns of Haemonchus contortus isolated from sheep and goats in Bangladesh

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Dr Elton Vasconcelos

Bioinformatics Research Officer

University of Leeds

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2Web resource for investigation of Schistosoma mansoni long non-coding RNAs and their expression correlation to protein-coding genes.

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Mrs Maria van Veelen

Medical Student

Keele University School of Medicine

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3Killing quickly – validation of an improved Rate-of-Kill assay to support antimalarial discovery.

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Mr Lazarus Ezekiel Dabuwaat

Chief Lecturer

Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi

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4Epidemiology of Intestinal Helminthiasis among Patients Visiting the Out-Patient Unit of the University Of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja.

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Dr Rowaida Bakri

Assistant professor

Umm-Al- Qura University

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5In Vitro antiparasitic activity of camel milk against Blastocystis sp.

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Ms Indre Lipatova

lecturer, researcher

Vytautas Magnus University

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6Impact of wild mammals’ ectoparasites on transmission of different pathogens

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Dr Shokoofeh Shamsi

Senior Research Fellow

Charles Sturt University

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7A review on parasites of Australian cormorants

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Dr Adrian Wolstenholme

Professor

University of Georgia College of Vet Medicine

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8The effect of a single dose of oral ivermectin on human volunteers

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Mr Olukayode Daramola

Selective Pressure in Fasciola

Institute of Integrative Biology

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9Assessing selective pressure in fasciola hepatica: challenges and relevance to drug and vaccine gene targets

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Mrs Vesta Matulaitytė

phD

Vytautas Magnus university

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10Tick-borne pathogens in passerine migratory birds in Lithuania

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Mr Suad Al Kufi

PhD

Strathclyde University

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11Molecular, Biochemical and Functional Analysis of LmxKin29 Kinesin in Leishmania mexicana.

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Mr Saeed Alasmari

Lecturer

Bristol University

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12The metabolic energy budget of the tick Ixodes ricinus: effects of season and temperature

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Dr Foekje F. Stelma

Medical Microbiologist, MD-PhD

Radboud University Medical Center

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13Comparison of two commercial ELISA assays for detection of Strongyloides stercoralis antibodies

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Mr Mohammad Alharbi

phD student

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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14First report of Biomphalaria in Lake Malawi and emergence of intestinal schistosomiasis in Mangochi District, Malawi

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Dr Han Ong

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sanger Institute

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15Genome-led reverse vaccinology for visceral leishmaniasis: establishment of a bioluminescent murine infection model and candidate evaluation

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Dr Fiona Allan

Cerc diversity

The Natural History Museum

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16Diversity of cercariae in Lake Victoria: A confounding factor for environmental monitoring of schistosomiasis?

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Miss Hannah Smith

PhD Student

University of Manchester

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17M2 macrophage-associated protein Ym1 mediates parasite expulsion in T. muris infection

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Miss Laura Myhill

PhD fellow

University of Copenhagen

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18Fermentable dietary inulin modulates mucosal immune responses and prevents Trichuris muris expulsion

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Mr Meshal Daalah

Phd student

university of the west of Scotland

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19The SUMO protease is important for flagellum biogenesis in Leishmania mexicana.

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Mr Edhah Salem M. Alsaeedi

PhD student at the University of Re

the University of Reading

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20Studies of the biology of human follicular mites

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Mr Gabriel Ferri

PhD student

University of Leicester

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21Structural Investigation of cyclic nucleotide binding proteins from Trypanosoma cruzi

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Mr Rufus Daw

PhD Student

University of Manchester

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22Heligmosomoides polygyrus infection elicits a hepatic immune response marked by spatio-temporally distinct polarisation programmes in infiltrating and resident myeloid populations.

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Mrs Munirah Albaqshi

phD student

University of Manchester

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23A New Poster Abstract Immunomodulatory properties of T.muris antigens

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Ms Kawira Mathenge

Research AS

Institute of Infection and Global Health

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24Identification of Trypanosoma congolense genes with metacyclic stage-specific expression through transcriptomic analysis of wild-caught tsetse flies (Glossina palpipes).

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Mr Camila Santos

PhD student

University of Antwerp

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25Nucleoside analogues against trypanosomatid parasites: phenotypic screening and mechanism-of-action

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Ms Ashwaq Alnazawi

PhD student

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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26Mechanisms of pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti populations from Saudi Arabia

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Dr Adam Reid

Senior Staff Scientist

Wellcome Sanger Institute

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27A plan to sequence the genomes of all parasite species from the British Isles

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Miss Holly M. Craven

PhD Student

Aberystwyth Univeristy

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28Characterising in vitro G-Quadruplexes (G4) in S. mansoni

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Dr Kerry Hadfield Malherbe

Senior Lecturer

North-West University

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29Three new cymothoid isopods from the fish parasitic genus Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from South Africa

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Miss Florencia Díaz-Viraqué

PhD student

Institut Pasteur Montevideo

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30Nanopore sequencing significantly improves genome assembly of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi

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Dr Gavin Wright

Senior Group Leader

Wellcome Sanger Institute

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31Genome-led vaccine target discovery for animal African trypanosomiasis

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Mr Allister Irvine

PhD Student

Queen's University Belfast

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32Identification and Characterisation of Nematode-derived Antimicrobial Peptides to Tackle Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance

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Dr Helen Price

Senior Lecturer

Keele University

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33Functions of the BBSome protein complex in Leishmania mexicana

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Miss Merit Gonzalez Olvera

PhD student

University of lIverpool

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34Prevalence and systematics of Plasmodium spp. sampled at Chester Zoo during an avian malaria outbreak among Humboldt Penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) in 2017

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Miss Alice Costain

PhD Student

The Univeristy of Manchester

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35Changes in intestinal permeability and regulatory cell development over the course of murine schistosomiasis

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Miss Magdalena Wilamska-Chyrczakowska

MRes Student

Aberystwyth University

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36In depth analysis of the tubulin family in Fasciola hepatica: A combined bioinformatics and sub-proteomic approach.

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Miss Niamh Murphy

PhD Student

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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37Lineage-specific rapid diagnostic tests efficiently resolve Trypanosoma cruzi TcII/V/VI ecological and epidemiological associations in the Argentine Gran Chaco

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Miss Meg Huggins

MBiol Biological Sciences

School of Biosciences

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38Out of sight: do eye flukes alter predator-prey interactions?

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Dr Nkiru E Ekechukwu

Lecturer

University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

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39Soil-transmitted helminths of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L); A short survey of Aku, Ede-Oballa and Enugu-Ezike town in Enugu State, Nigeria.

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Dr Thomas Gasan

Post-Doc

LUMC

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40Protection against experimental allergic airway inflammation by the Schistosoma mansoni glycoprotein Omega-1

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Dr Clair Rose

PDRA

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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41Characterisation of a novel glycosylated glutathione transferase of Onchocerca ochengi, a model organism in the study of onchocerciasis

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Dr Mags Leighton

NTD Network project officer

Durham University

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42A Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases: Towards New Therapeutic Solutions for Chagas Disease and Leishmaniasis

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Miss Sorcha Donnelly

PhD Research Student

Queen's University Belfast

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43The Antimicrobial Properties of Ascaris suum Pseudocoelomic Fluid and its Microbiome

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Mr Rhodri Edwards

PhD student

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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44Towards novel control strategies for sand fly vectors through genetic modification of olfaction mediated by CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive.

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Miss Miriam Casacuberta Partal

PhD student

LUMC

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45Repeated doses of Praziquantel in Schistosomiasis Treatment (RePST) – single versus multiple praziquantel treatments in school-age children in Côte d’Ivoire: a study protocol for an open-label, randomized controlled trial

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Mr Luke Brandner-Garrod

Research assisstant/PhD student

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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46Expression of antiparasite peptides in Sand flies and Triatomine bugs inducing refractoriness to Leishmania and Trypanosoma cruzi mediated by CRISPR-Cas9 gene drives.

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Dr Lucas Cunningham

PDRA

LSTM

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47Expanded access to praziquantel in three communities around the Weija reservoir, Ghana.

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Miss Shannan Summers

Student

University of Liverpool

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48Glutathione transferases of Haemonchus contortus; Profiling and Responses to Ivermectin

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Mr Ali Alghamdi

PhD student

University Of Glasgow

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49Mutagenesis of leucine residues at the cytoplasmic end of the TbAQP2 pore affects the protein’s ability to transport pentamidine

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Dr Josephine Forde-Thomas

Research Assistant

Aberystwyth University

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50Provision of B. glabrata infected with S.mansoni to the scientific community within the UK

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Dr Maryia Karpiyevich

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Cambridge

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51Exploring the Nedd8 pathway of Plasmodium falciparum

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Mr Ibrahim ALfayez

PhD student

University of Glasgow

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52Functional expression of Aspergillus nidulans uracil transporter gene in T. b. brucei and L. mexicana 5FU-resistant cell lines

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Mr Atieme Joseph Ogbolosingha

PhD Student

Keele University

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53An in vitro study of the modulation of astrocytes in the blood brain barrier during cerebral malaria

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Miss Eleanor Senior

PhD Student

Eleanor Senior

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54In silico analysis of putative cell surface proteins of Tritrichomonas foetus, the causative agent of bovine trichomoniasis.

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Dr Annie Tremp

Research Fellow

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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55Dysregulated gene expression in oocysts of Plasmodium berghei LAP mutants

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Dr Sekeleghe Kayuni

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine / UoL

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56Diagnostic challenges in male genital schistosomiasis (MGS): Preliminary real-time PCR results of a longitudinal cohort study in Malawi.

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Prof Philippe Van den Steen

Professor in Immunoparasitology

KU Leuven - University of Leuven

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57Adrenal hormones mediate disease tolerance in malaria

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Dr Sameena Haq

Researcher

University of Salford

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58Population Genetics as a Tool for the detection of vertical transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in a wild population of Apodemus sylvaticus (long-tailed woodmouse) from Malham Tarn, UK.

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Mrs Alice Balard

PhD student

Humboldt University Berlin

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59Reduced Eimeria and pinworms loads in hybrid mice of the European house mouse hybrid zone

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Dr Charles Ologunde

Lecturer/Researcher

The Federal Polytechnic Adoekiti

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60Malaria Co-Infection with typhoid fever, Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections among pregnant women in Ikere-Ekiti, local government area of Ekiti State, Southwestern, Nigeria

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Dr Joanne Thompson

Senior Lecturer

University of Edinburgh

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62An enhanced toolkit for the generation of knockout and marker-free, fluorescent Plasmodium chabaudi.

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Dr Bonnie Webster

Parasitologist

Natural History Museum

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63African schistosomes; inter species interactions and hybridisation

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Dr Alaa Amer

Assistant lecturer of Parasitology

Faculty of medicine Tanta university

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64Prevalence of parasitic infections in surgically removed appendices: parasitological and histopathological studies

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Mrs Khawlah Salman

PhD researcher

Sunderland University

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65Detection of parasitic protozoa using peptide and antibody phage display technologies.

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Mr Abdulbaset Kabli

PhD student

University of Glasgow

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66Polyomics Analyses Reveal a role for nucleobase transporter in gentamicin-attenuated Leishmania mexicana

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Dr Ayodele Ogunlade

Lecturing

The Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti Nigeria

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67Schistosomiasis in Ogbese-Ekiti, re-infection after successful treatment with praziquantel

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Dr Bonnie Webster

Parasitologist

Natural History Museum

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68African schistosomes; inter species interactions and hybridisation

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Miss Alessandra Romero Ramirez

PhD student

University of Liverpool

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69Vivaxin: a novel cell-surface gene family in Trypanosoma vivax with potential applications in an animal trypanosomiasis vaccine

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Miss Lieselotte Van Bockstal

PhD student

University Antwerp

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70Impaired development of miltefosine-resistant leishmania infantum In the sand fly vectors phlebotomus perniciosus and lutzomyia longipalpis

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Prof Adnan Ibrahim Al-Hindi

Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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71Hand washing as an effective method for intestinal parasites control among school children in Gaza city: Public Health point of view

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Mr Dimitri Bulté

PhD Student

Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), University of Antwerp, Belgium

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74Miltefosine restores the infectivity of miltefosine resistant Leishmania parasites by attenuating the innate immune response

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Dr Goylette Chami

Research Fellow

University of Cambridge

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75Profiling the best-performing community medicine distributors for mass drug administration: a comprehensive, data-driven analysis of treatment for schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, and soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda

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Miss Jessica Clark

Researcher

University of Surrey

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76Inferring Clearance and Reinfection Dynamics of Schistosoma mansoni from Kato-Katz and Circulating Cathodic Antigen-based Diagnostics.

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Dr Cecile Crosnier

Senior Staff Scientist

Wellcome Sanger Institute

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77A library of Schistosoma mansoni cell surface and secreted proteins for the identification of vaccine candidates and early serological markers of infection

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Dr Lucas Cunningham

PDRA

LSTM

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78T. b. gambiense; evidence of absence in NW Uganda

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Miss Ellen Alana Tiffney

Postgraduate Researcher

University of Liverpool

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79Unraveling the effects of cl-CD95L on macrophage - Toxoplasma gondii interactions

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Mrs Fitrine Ekawasti

researcher

Indonesia Research Center for Veterinary Science

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80Gastrointestinal Parasites on Cattle in Kulon Progo District of D.I. Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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Dr Armelle Forrer

postdoctoral research associate

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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81Test-and-treat with doxycycline as an alternative strategy for the acceleration of onchocerciasis elimination in a loiasis co-endemic region of South-West Cameroon

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Mr Geoffrey Maina

Medical Laboratory technologist

Kenya Medical Research Institute

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84Regulatory influence of Procambarus clarkii, Girad (Decapoda: Cambaridae) on schistosome-transmitting snails in lotic habitats within the River Athi Basin, Kenya

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Assoc Prof Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain

Lecturer

University of Malaya

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85Entamoeba infections and associated risk factors among migrant workers in Peninsular Malaysia

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Professor Bakri Nour

Professor, Dean of BNNICD

Blue Nile National Institute for Communicable Diseases, University of Gezira

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87Thrombocytopenia as a clue of VivaxMalaria in endemic region of Sudan

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Dr Francesca Nunn

Postdoc

Moredun Research Institute

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88Evaluating the effect of hen age on poultry red mite feeding and mortality

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Dr Shokoofeh Shamsi

Senior Research Fellow

Charles Sturt University

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89More than just chips: what are you getting with your fish?

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Dr Shokoofeh Shamsi

Senior Research Fellow

Charles Sturt University

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90Speaking with a forked tongue: pentastomid parasites in man’s best friend

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Dr Foekje F. Stelma

Medical Microbiologist, MD-PhD

Radboud University Medical Center

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91Diagnostic screening for Plasmodium falciparum by Illumigene.

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Miss Lieselotte Van Bockstal

PhD student

University Antwerp

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93Type i interferon enhances sialoadhesin (cd169/siglec-1) expression on macrophages in favour of leishmania multiplication

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Mrs Samia Alghamdi

student

Infection Biology Institute of Infection & Global

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94The Vector Biology of Ectoparasites on Rodents from the ‘Asir Region of Saudi Arabia

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Prof Muhammad Mazhar Ayaz

Professor

Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

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95Activity of Imidocloprid against Hyalomma Marginatum in Nili Ravi Buffalo (Bubalus Bubalus Indicus)

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Miss Miriam Casacuberta Partal

PhD student

LUMC

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96Diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis by POC-CCA. A new field applicable approach to quantify score intensities.

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Miss Manreet Kaur

PhD candidate

De Montfort University

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97Bioavailability improvement of Artemisinin through cocrystal approach: in-vivo and in vitro studies

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Ms Porntida Kobpornchai

Ph. D student

Mahidol University

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98Novel cystatin of Trichinella spiralis inhibits inflammation mediated by bone marrow-derived macrophages

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Mr Bozo Lugonja

PhD Student

Cardiff University

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99Novel Water Treatments for the Zoonotic Waterborne Pathogen Cryptosporidium

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Mr Tom Pennance

PhD Student

Natural History Museum

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100Revising the transmission biology of schistosomiasis in Zanzibar

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Mr Áron Péter

PhD. student

Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases,

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101Host specificity of bat flies in South-Eastern Europe

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Mrs Vera Unwin

PhD Student

LSTM

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103Diagnostic performance of the Alere™ Ultra-sensitive rapid diagnostic test for Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in asymptomatic pregnant women in Timika, Indonesia

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