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ABSTRACTS OF THE EIGHTH EDCTP FORUM, 6–9 NOVEMBER 2016

• DEFEATING POVERTY-RELATED AND NEGLECTED DISEASES IN AFRICA: HARNESSING RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE-INFORMED POLICIES (12 February, 2017)

  Michael Makanga, Pauline Beattie, Gabrielle Breugelmans, Thomas Nyirenda, Moses Bockarie

ABSTRACTS OF PRESENTATIONS IN PLENARY SESSIONS

• PS-001: R&D TO TACKLE GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EDCTP (12 February, 2017)

  Marcel Tanner
• PS-003: EVIDENCE-INFORMED POLICY MAKING: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES (12 February, 2017)

  Jimmy Volmink
• PS-004: REVIEW OF HIV IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: CURRENT SITUATION, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES (12 February, 2017)

  Catherine Hankins
• PS-005: POLICY-DRIVEN INTERVENTIONS: TUBERCULOSIS (12 February, 2017)

  Gerhard Walzl, Novel Chegou, Stephanus Malherbe, Mark Hatherill, Thomas J. Scriba, Daniel E. Zak, Clifton E. Barry, Stefan H.E. Kaufmann
• PS-006: MALARIA (12 February, 2017)

  Abdisalan Noor
• PS-007: NEGLECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES (12 February, 2017)

  Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft
• PS-008: INNOVATIVE CLINICAL TRIAL DESIGNS (12 February, 2017)

  Patrick Phillips
• PS-009: IMPROVING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN CLINICAL TRIALS (12 February, 2017)

  Khátia Munguambe

ABSTRACTS OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• OA-001: THE ADDED VALUE OF A MULTICOUNTRY NETWORK FOR PROMOTING ETHICAL AND REGULATORY STANDARDS IN CLINICAL TRIALS IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ‘SWITCHING THE POLES NETWORK’ (12 February, 2017)

  Raffaella Ravinetto, Halidou Tinto, Ermias Diro, Yodi Mahendrahata, Joseph Okebe, Suman Rijal, Coralith Garcia, Shyam Sundar, Gilles Ndayisaba, Thai Sopheak, Thang Ngoduc, Harry Van Loen, Jan Jacobs, Umberto D'Alessandro, Marleen Boelaert, Anne Buvé
• OA-002: TRANSLATING ETHICS GUIDELINES ON COMPENSATION FOR RESEARCH-RELATED INJURIES INTO POLICY IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES: LESSONS LEARNT FROM MALAWI (12 February, 2017)

  Patrick Kamalo, Lucinda Manda-Taylor, Stuart Rennie
• OA-003: IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF AFRICAN RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES AND STANDARDISING ETHICS REVIEW PROCESSES THROUGH AN AUTOMATED REVIEW PLATFORM (12 February, 2017)

  Boitumelo Mokgatla, Prince Bahati, Carel Ijsselmuiden
• OA-004: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A MULTIMEDIA TOOL FOR OBTAINING INFORMED CONSENT IN THE GAMBIA: A MIXED METHOD STUDY (12 February, 2017)

  Muhammed Afolabi, Nuala Mcgrath, Umberto D'Alessandro, Beate Kampmann, Egeruan Imoukhuede, Raffaella Ravinetto, Neal Alexander, Heidi Larson, Daniel Chandramohan, Kalifa Bojang
• OA-005: PERFORMANCE OF XPERT MTB/RIF AND DETERMINE LAM IN HIV-INFECTED ADULTS IN PERI-URBAN SITES IN ZAMBIA (CDC OP-X STUDY) (12 February, 2017)

  Margaret Phiri Kasaro, Brenda Muluka, Kaunda Kaunda, Jill Morse, Andrew Westfall, Nathan Kapata, Annika Kruuner, German Henostroza, Stewart Reid
• OA-006:

  COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF GENOTYPE MTBDRPLUS VERSION 2 AND GENE XPERT MTB/RIF ASSAYS TO DETECT MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AND RESISTANCE GENE PATTERNS IN GABON

  (12 February, 2017)

  Abraham Alabi, Francis Foguim, Jeyaraj Sankarganesh, Ellen Bruske, Arnault Mfoumbi, Chester Mevyann, Ayola Adegnika, Bertrand Lell, Katharina Kranzer, Peter Kremsner, Martin Grobusch
• OA-007: MOLECULAR BACTERIAL LOAD ASSAY: A FAST AND ACCURATE MEANS FOR MONITORING TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT RESPONSE (12 February, 2017)

  Wilber Sabiiti, Nyanda Ntinginya, Davis Kuchaka, Khalide Azam, Elizabeth Kampira, Bariki Mtafya, Ruth Bowness, Nilesh Bhatt, Gerry Davies, Gibson Kibiki, Stephen Gillespie
• OA-009: DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR HUMAN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS ELIMINATION AND CLINICAL TRIALS: THE DITECT-HAT PROJECT (12 February, 2017)

  Veerle Lejon, Hamidou Ilboudo, Dieudonné Mumba, Mamady Camara, Dramane Kaba, Crispin Lumbala, Eric Fèvre, Vincent Jamonneau, Bruno Bucheton, Philippe Büscher
• OA-010: PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS-CHRONIC HEPATITIS B VIRUS CO-INFECTION IN ZAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Caroline Chisenga, Edford Sinkala, Roma Chilengi, Hellen Chitundu, Zude Zyambo, Gilles Wandeler, Michael Vinikoor
• OA-011:

  THE IMMUNE TRYPANOLYSIS TEST: AN ACCURATE SEROLOGICAL MARKER TO MANAGE ELIMINATION OF T.B. GAMBIENSE HUMAN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS

  (12 February, 2017)

  Dama Emilie, Oumou Camara, Koffi Mathurin, Dayo Guiguigbaza-Kossigan, Büscher Philippe, Fikru Regassa, Sakande Hassane, Somda Martin Bienvenu, Hamidou Ilboudo, Courtin Fabrice, Elie Ouédraogo, Lingue Kouakou, Dramane Kaba, Mamady Camara, Bruno Bucheton, Veerle Lejon, Vincent Jamonneau
• OA-012: PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF VIROLOGICAL FAILURE AMONG CHILDREN ON ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (12 February, 2017)

  Michael Owusu, Eric Mensah, Anthony Enimil, Mohamed Mutocheluh
• OA-013: VIROLOGICAL RESPONSE TO EARLY COMBINED ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN HIV-INFECTED INFANTS: EVALUATION AFTER TWO YEARS OF TREATMENT IN THE PEDIACAM STUDY (12 February, 2017)

  Francis Ateba Ndongo, Mathurin Cyrille Tejiokem, Gaetan Texier, Calixte Penda, Suzie Ndiang, Jean-Audrey Ndongo, Georgette Guemkam, Casimir Ledoux Sofeu, Kfutwa Afumbom, Albert Faye, Philippe Msellati, Josiane Warszawski
• OA-014: HIV INFECTION AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK PROFILE IN A RURAL SOUTH AFRICAN POPULATION: THE NDLOVU COHORT STUDY (12 February, 2017)

  Alinda Vos, Walter Devillé, Roos Barth, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Hugo Tempelman, François Venter, Roel Coutinho, Diederick Grobbee
• OA-015: PHYLOGENETIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISATION OF HIV-1 TRANSMISSION NETWORKS IN A GENERAL POPULATION COHORT IN UGANDA (12 February, 2017)

  Deogratius Ssemwanga, Frederick Lyagoba, Brian Magambo, Anne Kapaata, Joseph Kirangwa, Maria Nannyonjo, Faridah Nassolo, Rebecca Nsubuga, Gonzalo Yebra, Andrew Brown, Pontiano Kaleebu
• OA-016: PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR EFAVIRENZ-BASED ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT-ASSOCIATED SEVERE VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY (12 February, 2017)

  Hanna Nylén, Abiy Habtewold, Eyasu Makonnen, Getnet Yimer, Jürgen Burhenne, Ulf Diczfalusy, Eleni Aklillu
• OA-018: THE BURDEN AND FUTURE SCOPE FOR IMPORTANT VIRAL ENTERIC PATHOGENS IN AFRICA (12 February, 2017)

  Duncan Steele
• OA-019:

  NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMBINED VACCINE AGAINST ETEC AND SHIGELLA

  (12 February, 2017)

  Richard Walker
• OA-020: IMPACT OF TARGETED INTERVENTIONS AGAINST DIARRHOEA IN ZAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Roma Chilengi, Michelo Simuyandi, Laura Beres, Samuel Bosomprah
• OA-021: POINT-OF-NEED DIAGNOSTICS: BIOSURVEILLANCE WITH A DEVICE2CLOUD CAPABILITY IN SIERRA LEONE (12 February, 2017)

  Rashid Ansumana, C. Taitt, J.M. Lamin, K.H. Jacobsen, S.P. Mulvaney, T. Leski, U. Bangura, D. Stenger
• OA-022: SAFETY AND IMMUNOGENICITY OF CO-ADMINISTERED HOOKWORM VACCINE CANDIDATES NA-GST-1 AND NA-APR-1 WITH ALHYDROGEL® AND GLUCOPYRANOSYL-LIPID A IN GABONESE ADULTS: INTERIM RESULTS (12 February, 2017)

  Ayola Adegnika, Sophie De Vries, Frejus Jeannot Zinsou, J Honkpehedji, Jean Claude Dejon, Marguerite Massinga Loembe, Bache Bache, Nadine Pakker, Remko Van Leeuwen, Aurore Bouyoukou Hounkpatin, Peter Kremsner, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Bertrand Lell, Jeffrey Bethony, Peter Hotez, David Diemert, Martin Grobusch
• OA-023: ONE-YEAR SAFETY OF THE RVSV∆G-ZEBOV-GP VACCINE IN ADOLESCENTS AND CHILDREN IN LAMBARENE, GABON (12 February, 2017)

  Bache Emmanuel Bache, José F. Fernandes, Régis M Obiang Mba, Anita L. Kabwende, Martin P. Grobusch, Sanjeev Krishna, Peter G. Kremsner, Agnandji Selidji Todagbe
• OA-024: THE ROLE OF CLINICAL TRIALS FOR ELIMINATION OF NEGLECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES AMENABLE TO MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION (12 February, 2017)

  Moses Bockarie
• OA-025: ARTEMISININ-BASED COMBINATION TREATMENTS IN PREGNANT WOMEN IN ZAMBIA: EFFICACY, SAFETY AND RISK OF RECURRENT MALARIA (12 February, 2017)

  Michael Nambozi, Jean-Bertin Kabuya, Sebastian Hachizovu, David Mwakazanga, Webster Kasongo, Jozefien Buyze, Modest Mulenga, Jean-Pierre Geertruyden, Umberto D'Alessandro
• OA-027: MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION (MDA) INTEGRATED MALARIA ELIMINATION IN A HYPO-ENDEMIC ISLAND IN LAKE VICTORIA, KENYA (12 February, 2017)

  Jesse Gitaka, Chim Chan, James Kongere, Wataru Kagaya, Akira Kaneko
• OA-028: RANDOMIZED TRIAL TO ASSESS EFFECT OF REPEATED TREATMENT OF DHA-PQ AND AL ON QTC INTERVAL IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA IN BOBO-DIOULASSO, BURKINA FASO (12 February, 2017)

  Naomie Kabore, Nouhoun Barry, Zachari Kabre, Karidia Werme, Aminata Fofana, Daniel Compaore, Frederic Nikiema, Fabrice Some, Abdoulaye Djimde, Issaka Zongo, Bosco Ouedraogo
• OA-029: PATTERNS OF MOLECULAR MARKERS OF RESISTANCE IN ‘REAL LIFE’ REPETITIVE DIHYDROARTEMISININ-PIPERAQUINE MALARIA TREATMENT: A MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE WANECAM CLINICAL TRIAL PLATFORM OUTPUT (12 February, 2017)

  Aminatou Kone, Issaka Sagara, Anders Björkman, Abdoulaye Djimde, Jose Pedro Gil
• OA-030: IMMUNOGENS DESIGNED FOR TARGETING NEUTRALIZING EPITOPES OF HIV-1 ENVELOPE GLYCOPROTEIN (12 February, 2017)

  Godwin Nchinda, Alain Bopda, Nadesh Nji, Georgia Ambada, Loveline Ngu, Jules Tchadji, Carol Sake, Suzanne Magagoum, Ghislain D. Njambe, Abel Lisom, Chae Gyu Park
• OA-031: PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFE AND EFFECTIVE TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES (12 February, 2017)

  Dereck Tait
• OA-032: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN TB VACCINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN ZAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Hlatjwako Sibusiso, Olga Manda, Kristin Croucher, Anja Van Der Westhuizen, Isaac Mshanga
• OA-033: THE RESULTS OF THE EV06 DNA-PROTEIN COMBINATION TRIAL AND PLANS FOR GREAT, AN EDCTP2-FUNDED CONSERVED-MOSAIC EPITOPE HIV VACCINE TRIAL (12 February, 2017)

  Pontiano Kaleebu, Jonathan Levin, Annet Nanvubya, Freddie Kibengo, Walter Jaoko, Pietro Pala, Matthieu Perreau, Annemarie Namuniina, Paul Kitandwe, Gonzalo Tapia, Jennifer Serwanga, Nicole Yates, Pat Fast, Bryan Mayer, David Montefiori, Georgia Tomaras, Merlin Robb, Carter Lee, Ralf Wagner, Edward Sanders, William Kilembe, Noah Kiwanuka, Jill Gilmour, Hester Kuipers, Dani Vooij, Kundai Chinyenze, Frances Priddy, Song Ding, Tom Hanke, Giuseppe Pantaleo, EV06 study team GREAT study team

ABSTRACTS OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• PA-001:

  OCCURRENCE OF DAY 3 SUBMICROSCOPIC PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM PARASITAEMIA BEFORE AND AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTEMETHER-LUMEFANTRINE TREATMENT POLICY IN TANZANIA

  (12 February, 2017)

  Billy Ngasala, Irina Jovel, Maja Malmberg, Bruno Mmbando, Anders Björkman, Zul Premji, Andreas Mårtensson, Richard Mwaiswelo
• PA-002:

  EVIDENCE OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM RESISTANCE TO SULPHADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE (SP) IN PREGNANT WOMEN ALONG THE SLOPE OF MOUNT CAMEROON

  (12 February, 2017)

  Lenshina Agbor, Tobias Apinjoh
• PA-003:

  CHLOROQUINE-SENSITIVE PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM IN A HIGH-BURDEN MALARIA AREA AFTER OVER A DECADE OF ITS WITHDRAWAL AS FIRST-LINE ANTIMALARIAL MEDICINE: CASE OF NCHELENGE DISTRICT

  (12 February, 2017)

  Sydney Mwanza, Michael Nambozi, Justin Chileshe, Sudhaunshu Joshi, Phidelis Malunga, Jean-Bertin Kabuya, Sebastian Hachizovu, Christine Manyando, Miriam Laufer, Modest Mulenga
• PA-004:

  EFFECT OF ARTESUNATE MONOTHERAPY ON PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM IN VIVO GENOMIC EXPRESSION

  (12 February, 2017)

  Aminatou Kone, Antoine Dara, Amadou Niangaly, Indranil Sinha, David Brodin, Bakary Fofana, Souleymane Dama, Demba Dembele, Bakary Sidibe, Nouhoum Diallo, Mahamadou Thera, Issaka Sagara, Karin Wright, Anders Björkman, Jose Gil, Ogobara Doumbo, Abdoulaye Djimde
• PA-005:

  LIMITED IMPACT OF TREATMENT AND RE-TREATMENT WITH ARTEMETHER-LUMEFANTRINE AND ARTESUNATE-AMODIAQUINE ON THE SELECTION OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-1 ALLELES

  (12 February, 2017)

  Vito Baraka, Carolyn Nabasumba, Filbert Francis, Pascal Lutumba, Hypolite Mavoko, Michael Alifrangis, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden
• PA-006: PF3D7_1343700 KELCH PROPELLER (K13-PROPELLER) POLYMORPHISMS AND ARTESUNATE MONOTHERAPY EFFICACY IN UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA TREATMENT IN MALI (12 February, 2017)

  Sekou Sissoko, Aminatou Kone, Bakary Fofana, Cheick Sangaré, Demba Dembele, Sekou Toure, Kassim Sanogo, Hamadoun Diakite, Siaka Toure, Diagassan Doumbia, Kadiatou Haidara, Ogobara Doumbo, Abdoulaye Djimde
• PA-007: VARIABILITY IN CLINICAL RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: LESSONS FROM THE MALARIA COMMUNITY (12 February, 2017)

  Amélie Julé, Hazel Ashurst, Laura Merson, Piero Olliaro, Vicki Marsh, Trudie Lang, Philippe Guérin
• PA-008: THE QUEST FOR BUILDING LABORATORY CAPACITY TO SUPPORT CONTROLLED HUMAN MALARIA INFECTION (CHMI) STUDIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: EXPERIENCE WITH FIVE SITES (12 February, 2017)

  Kennedy Awuondo, Daniel Njenga, Elizabeth Nyakarungu, Pauline Titus, Awalludin Sutamihardja, Brett Lowe, Bernhards Ogutu, Peter Billingsley
• PA-009: EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF REPEATED ADMINISTRATION OF ACTS OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS IN CHILDREN AND ADULT PATIENTS WITH ACUTE UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA IN BURKINA FASO (12 February, 2017)

  Issiaka Soulama, Moïse Kaboré, Aboubacar Coulibaly, Maurice Ouattara, Souleymane Sanon, Amidou Diarra, Edith Bougouma, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Benjamin Sombie, Amidou Ouedraogo, Désiré Kargougou, Daouda Ouattara, Nebie Issa, Alfred Tiono, Sodiomon Sirima
• PA-010:

  EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF ARTEMISININ-BASED COMBINATION THERAPIES IN PEOPLE WITH PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA RECEIVING ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN ZAMBIA

  (12 February, 2017)

  Mike Chaponda
• PA-012: GAMETOCYTE CARRIAGE AFTER A TREATMENT WITH PRIMAQUINE COMBINED WITH DIHYDROARTEMISININ-PIPERAQUINE IN MALARIA-INFECTED, ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS (12 February, 2017)

  Edgard Dabira
• PA-013: COMPARISON OF AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL MEASUREMENT OF QT AND QTC INTERVALS DURING A CLINICAL PHASE III-B/ IV IN KOLLE, MALI (12 February, 2017)

  François Dao, Nianwalou Dara, Bouran Sidibe, Moctar Coulibaly, Allaye Tolo, Hamma Maiga, Nouhoum Ouologuem, Hamidou Niangaly, Issaka Sagara, Abdoulaye Djimde
• PA-014: CXCL10 GENE PROMOTER POLYMORPHISM – 1447A>G IS ASSOCIATED WITH MALARIA IN GHANAIAN CHILDREN (12 February, 2017)

  Felix Botchway, Nana Wilson, Carmen M Dickinson-Copeland, Andrew A. Adjei, Michael Wilson, Jonathan K. Stiles
• PA-015:

  GENE VARIATION AND SUSPECTED PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM HISTIDINE-RICH PROTEIN 2 GENE DELETION AND ITS IMPACT ON SENSITIVITY OF MALARIA RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN SUDAN

  (12 February, 2017)

  Muzamil Abdel Hamid, Mona Awad-Elgeid, Awad Nasr
• PA-016: RE-EVALUATION OF MALARIA DIAGNOSIS BY MOLECULAR METHODS REVEALS MUTATIONS IN HRP-2 AND DRUG RESISTANCE MARKERS IN CAMEROON (12 February, 2017)

  Palmer Netongo, Séverin Kamdem, Thirumalaisamy Velavan, Peter Kremsner
• PA-018: SEASONAL MALARIA CHEMOPREVENTION WITH SULPHADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE AND AMODIAQUINE SELECTS DHFR-DHPS QUINTUPLE MUTANT GENOTYPE IN MALI (12 February, 2017)

  Hamma Maiga, Estrella Lasry, Modibo Diarra, Issaka Sagara, Amadou Bamadio, Aliou Traore, Samba Coumare, Bahonan Soma, Yeyia Dicko, Nouhoum Diallo, Boubou Sangare, Aly Tembely, Djibril Traore, Hamidou Niangaly, François Dao, Aboubecrin Haidara, Alassane Dicko, Ogobara Doumbo, Abdoulaye Djimde
• PA-019:

  IMPACT OF TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA BY AMODIAQUINE−ARTESUNATE (AS-AQ) ON PFCRT 76T AND PFMDR1 86Y MUTATIONS SELECTION IN PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ISOLATES, REPUBLIC OF GUINEA

  (12 February, 2017)

  Elisabeth Diawara, Abdoul Beavogui, Daouda Camara, Malick Sylla, Mohamed Yattara, Amadou Sow, Gnèpou Camara Camara, Saliou Diallo, Ogobara Doumbo, Abdoulaye Djimde
• PA-020:

  FOSMIDOMYCIN-PIPERAQUINE AS NON-ARTEMISININ-BASED COMBINATION FOR ACUTE UNCOMPLICATED PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA

  (12 February, 2017)

  Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Jonathan Remppis, Moritz Sievers, Rella Zoleko Manego, Lilian Endamne, Bertrand Lell, David Hutchinson, Peter Kremsner
• PA-021: SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF SAR97276A FOR TREATING MALARIA: TWO OPEN-LABEL MULTICENTER PHASE II CLINICAL STUDIES IN AFRICAN CHILDREN AND ADULTS (12 February, 2017)

  Jana Held, Christian Supan, Carmen L. Ospina Salazar, Halidou Tinto, Léa Nadège Bonkian, Alain Nahum, Ali Sié, Salim Abdulla, Cathy Cantalloube, Elhadj Djeriou, Marielle Bouyou-Akotet, Bernhards Ogutu, Benjamin Mordmüller, Mohamadou Siribie, Sodiomon B. Sirima, Peter G. Kremsner
• PA-022: COMPARATIVE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF REPEATED ADMINISTRATION OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD OF 3 ACTS ON THE EMERGENCE OF HYPERPARASITEMIA IN MALARIA PATIENTS (12 February, 2017)

  San Maurice Ouattara, Issiaka Soulama, Sam Coulibaly, Jean Moïse Kabore, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Edith Bougouma, Souleymane Sanon, Diarra Amidou, Benjamin Sombie, Amidou Ouedraogo, Désiré Kargougou, Daouda Ouattara, Nebie Issa, Alfred Tiono, Sodiomon Sirima
• PA-023: ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY PARAMETERS FOLLOWING REPEATED ARTEMISIN-BASED TREATMENTS OF MALARIA-INFECTED PATIENT LIVING IN ENDEMIC AREA OF BURKINA FASO (12 February, 2017)

  Sam Coulibaly, Issiaka Soulama, Jean Moïse Kabore, San Maurice Ouattara, Edith Bougouma, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Souleymane Sanon, Diarra Amidou, Benjamin Sombie, Amidou Ouedraogo, Désiré Kargougou, Daouda Ouattara, Nebie Issa, Alfred Tiono, Sodiomon Sirima
• PA-024: LUMEFANTRINE DISPOSITION AFTER REPETITIVE TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA PATIENTS WITH ARTEMETHER-LUMEFANTRINE IN MALI (12 February, 2017)

  Mamadou Tekete, Juergen Burhenne, Bakary Fofana, Sekou Toure, Souleymane Dama, Nianwalou Dara, Oumar Traore, Bouran Sidibe, Abdoulaye Djimde, Walter Haefeli, Steffen Borrmann
• PA-025:

  TO VALUE THE EFFICIENCY OF PYRONARIDINE-ARTESUNATE AND ARTEMETHER-LUMEFANTRINE IN THE TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA OF PLASMODIUM SPP. IN BURKINA FASO

  (12 February, 2017)

  Nouhoun Barry, Naomie Kaboré, Zachari Kabré, Aminata Fofana, Fréderic Nikèma, Daniel Compaoré, Fabrice Somé, Issaka Zongo, Abdoulaye Djimdé, Jean Ouédraogo
• PA-027: ADVERSE EVENT (AE) REPORTING FROM MALARIA MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION (MDA) ROUNDS CONDUCTED IN SOUTHERN ZAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Victor Chalwe, John Miller
• PA-028:

  TIME TO SECOND AND THIRD EPISODES OF MALARIA OF DIHYDROARTEMISININ−PIPERAQUINE VS ARTESUNATE−AMODIAQUINE AND ARTESUNATE−PYRONARIDINE VS ARTEMETER−LUMEFANTRINE IN BOUGOULA HAMEAU, MALI

  (12 February, 2017)

  Bakary Fofana, Abdoulaye Djimde, Hamadoun Diakité, Issaka Sagara, Ogobara Doumbo, Sekou Toure, Kassim Sanogo
• PA-029: ONE MERCK FOR MALARIA PROGRAM: AN INTEGRATED R&D APPROACH TO FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA (12 February, 2017)

  Beatrice Greco, Thomas Spangenberg, Elly Kourany-Lefoll, Claude Oeuvray, Jim Mulry, Kamala Tyagarajan, Bettina Magsaam
• PA-030: THE IMPACT PROJECT: IMPROVING THE IMPACT OF EXISTING MALARIA PRODUCTS – ACTS (12 February, 2017)

  Karen Barnes, Philippe Guérin, Eva Maria Hodel, Georgina Humphreys, Cheryl Pace, C.G Banda, Paulo Denti, Elizabeth Allen, David Lalloo, Victor Mwapasa, Anja Terlouw
• PA-031: SPATIAL-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS IN HETEROGENEITY OF MALARIA INFECTION IN A SETTING WITH SEASONAL TRANSMISSION: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN THE GAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Julia Mwesigwa, Jane Achan, Musa Jawara, Gian Ditanna, Archibald Worwui, Muna Affara, Jean-Pierre Geertruyden, Umberto D'Alessandro
• PA-032:

  GENETIC POLYMORPHISM OF MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN-2 IN PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ISOLATES FROM DELIVERING WOMEN IN SOUTHERN BRAZZAVILLE, REPUBLIC OF CONGO

  (12 February, 2017)

  Félix Koukouikila-Koussounda, Michael Kombo, Christevy Vouvoungui, Francine Ntoumi
• PA-033:

  PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM INFECTION IN FEBRILE CONGOLESE CHILDREN: PREVALENCE OF CLINICAL MALARIA TEN YEARS AFTER INTRODUCTION OF ARTEMISININ-COMBINATION THERAPIES

  (12 February, 2017)

  Mandingha Kosso Etoka-Beka, Francine Ntoumi, Michael Kombo, Julia Deibert, Pierre Poulain, Christevy Vouvoungui, Simon Kobawila, Félix Koukouikila-Koussounda
• PA-034:

  PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN-1 GENETIC DIVERSITY AND MULTIPLICITY OF INFECTION IN ISOLATES FROM CONGOLESE CHILDREN CONSULTING IN A PAEDIATRIC HOSPITAL IN BRAZZAVILLE

  (12 February, 2017)

  Nerly Gampio Gueye, Christevy Vouvoungui, Felix Koukouikila-Koussounda, Simon Kobawila, Francine Ntoumi
• PA-035: FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING A CONTINUOUS HOUSEHOLD MALARIA INDICATOR SURVEY IN RARIEDA SUB-COUNTY, SIAYA COUNTY, WESTERN KENYA (12 February, 2017)

  Brian Seda, Titus Kwambai, Phelix Jangu, Aaron Samuels, Feike ter Kuile, Simon Kariuki
• PA-036: ASSESSING THE COMMITMENT, MATURATION AND INFECTIVITY OF SEXUAL STAGES OF MALARIA PARASITES IN SCHOOLCHILDREN LIVING IN A HIGH MALARIA TRANSMISSION AREA OF BURKINA FASO (12 February, 2017)

  Aissata Barry, Alfred Tiono, Sodiomon Sirima, Teun Bousema
• PA-037: ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO SEVERAL MALARIA ANTIGENS IS ASSOCIATED WITH PROTECTION FROM SEVERE MALARIA IN UGANDAN CHILDREN (12 February, 2017)

  Brenda Okech, Thomas Egwang, Patrick Corran, Eleanor Riley
• PA-038: COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF MALARIA RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN ENUGU METROPOLIS, NIGERIA: THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY PHARMACY PRACTITIONER (12 February, 2017)

  Ifeoma Ezennia, Obinna Ekwunife
• PA-040: SEASONAL ABUNDANCE AND SPOROZOITE RATES IN MALARIA VECTORS IN NCHELENGE INCLUDING ISLANDS OF LAKE MWERU AN AREA WITH A HIGH BURDEN OF MALARIA IN NORTHERN ZAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Mbanga Muleba, Jennifer Stevenson, Keith Mbata, Modest Mulenga, Maureen Coetzee, Douglas Norris
• PA-042: EFFECT OF COMMUNITY-BASED SCHEDULED SCREENING AND TREATMENT (CSST) OF MALARIA IN PREGNANCY ON INFANT MALARIA INFECTION IN A SEASONAL MALARIA TRANSMISSION SETTING (12 February, 2017)

  Ngozi Moneke-Anyanwoke, Julia Mwesigwa, Muna Affara, Jasseh Momodou, Ed Clarke, Umberto D'Alessandro, Susana Scott
• PA-043: MALARIA PREVENTION PRACTICES AMONG PREGNANT MOTHERS IN OSOGBO, NIGERIA (12 February, 2017)

  Adelani Tijani
• PA-044: WEIGHT STATUS ROLE ON ANTIMALARIAL DRUG EFFICACY AND SAFETY IN SUBURBAN CHILD POPULATION IN MALI (12 February, 2017)

  Moussa Djimde, Michel Vaillant, Hanen Samouda, Issaka Sagara, Abdoulaye Djimde, Ogobara Doumbo
• PA-045: IMMUNOGENICITY OF MALARIA-VECTORED VACCINES IS NOT AFFECTED BY CO-ADMINISTRATION WITH ROUTINE EPI VACCINES IN A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL IN GAMBIAN INFANTS AND NEONATES (12 February, 2017)

  Muhammed Afolabi, Victorine Mensah, Sophie Roetynck, Ebrima Kanteh, Georgina Bowyer, Amy Ndaw, Francis Oko, Carly Bliss, Ya Jankey Jagne, Riccardo Cortese, Alfredo Nicosia, Rachel Roberts, Flavia D'Alessio, Odile Leroy, Babacar Faye, Beate Kampmann, Badara Cisse, Kalifa Bojang, Stephen Gerry, Nicola Viebig, Alison Lawrie, Ed Clarke, Katie Ewer, Egeruan Imoukhuede, Adrian Hill
• PA-046:

  A MALARIA VACCINE SITE CHARACTERISATION: PREVALENCE AND SPECIES DISTRIBUTION OF PLASMODIUM MALARIA IN A MALARIA ENDEMIC SETTING OF BURKINA FASO (WEST AFRICA)

  (12 February, 2017)

  Amidou Diarra, Issa Nebie, Alfred B Tiono, Guillaume Sanou, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Amadou T Konate, Baptiste J Yaro, Issiaka Soulama, Sirima Sodiomon
• PA-048:

  PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM PARASITE DYNAMICS DETERMINED BY QPCR AFTER CONTROLLED HUMAN MALARIA INFECTION IN SEMI-IMMUNES FROM GABON

  (12 February, 2017)

  Yabo Honkpehedji, Jean Claude Dejon Agobe, Frejus Zinsou, Juliana Mengue, Ayola Adegnika, Thomas Richie, Benjamin Mordmüller, Peter Kremsner, Stephen Hoffman, Bertrand Lell
• PA-049: SOLUBLE HLA-G LEVEL EFFECT ON GMZ2 SPECIFIC IgG PRODUCTION AFTER IMMUNISATION (12 February, 2017)

  Odilon Nouatin, Ulysse Ateba Ngoa, Jean Claude Dejon, Jean R Edoa, Andreas Homoet, Julie Englhon Engelhon, Marguerite Massinga-Louembe, Meral Esen, Michael Theisen, Kim Lee Sim, Thomas Richie, Adrian Jf Luty, Kabirou Moutairou, Stephen Hoffman, Peter Kremsner, Bertrand Lell, Benjamin Mordmüller, Ayola Adegnika
• PA-050:

  ANTIBODY RESPONSES TO SURFACE ANTIGENS OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM GAMETOCYTE-INFECTED ERYTHROCYTES AND THEIR RELATION TO GAMETOCYTAEMIA

  (12 February, 2017)

  Bismarck Dinko, Elizabeth King, Geoffrey Targett, Colin Sutherland
• PA-051:

  MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS RESISTANCE TO ISONIAZID AND RIFAMPICIN IN A HIV-1 ENDEMIC POPULATION IN WESTERN KENYA IN 2014

  (12 February, 2017)

  Clement Likhovole, Collins Ouma, John Vulule, Susan Musau, Jeremiah Khayumbi, Albert Okumu, Wilfred Murithi
• PA-052: MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS (MDR-TB): AN EMERGING PROBLEM IN WEST AFRICA (12 February, 2017)

  Jacob Otu, Florian Gehre, Dezemon Zingue, Samuel Kudzawu, Audrey Forson, Morto Mane, Paulo Rabna, Bassirou Diarra, Salako Kayede, Emmanuel Adebiyi, Aderemi Kehinde, Nneka Onyejepu, Catherine Onubogu, Emmanuel Idigbe, Awa Ba, Aissatou Diallo, Souleymane Mboup, Kodjo Disse, Gerard Kadanga, Yaotse Dagnra, Ignatius Baldeh, Tumani Corrah, Bouke De Jong, Martin Antonio
• PA-053: ROAD TO BUILDING AND SUSTAINING NOVEL CLINICAL RESEARCH CAPACITY IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS: LESSONS LEARNT SO FAR FROM RWANDA (12 February, 2017)

  Clarisse Musanabaganwa, Jean Pierre Musabyimana, Etienne Karita, Blondin Diop, Abidan Nambajimana, Valentine Dushimiyimana, Prosper Karame, Jim Russell, Jules Ndoli, Prince Bahati, Theobald Hategekimana, Augustin Sendegeya, Jeannine Condo, Agnes Binagwaho
• PA-054: CORRELATION OF HIV-1 P24 ASSAY WITH CD4 T-CELL COUNT, HIV, HBV AND HCV CO-INFECTIONS AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR ART MONITORING IN VASTLY HIV-INFECTED POPULATION OF NIGERIA (12 February, 2017)

  Iheanyi Okonko, Phillip Okerentugba, Oluyinka Opaleye, Ezinwanne Awujo, Nnenna Frank-Peterside
• PA-055: LOW FALSE RECENT RATE OF LIMITING ANTIGEN AVIDITY ASSAY COMBINED WITH HIV-1 RNA DATA IN BOTSWANA (12 February, 2017)

  Sikhulile Moyo, Kenanao Kotokwe, Terence Mohammed, Coretah Boleo, Lucy Mupfumi, Samuel Chishala, Simani Gaseitsiwe, Lesedi Tsalaile, Herman Bussmann, Joseph Makhema, Marianna Baum, Richard Marlink, Susan Engelbretch, Max Essex, Vladimir Novitsky
• PA-056: NEED FOR REANALYSIS OF CURRENT TESTING OF HIV-EXPOSED INFANTS (12 February, 2017)

  Emmanuel Saka, Zex Kalipalire, Ravikiran Bhairavabhotla, Dalitso Midiani, Judith Sherman
• PA-057: ENHANCING TUBERCULOSIS DETECTION BY TRAINED RATS AND TRACKING OF MISSED PATIENTS THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGY IN TB HIGH-BURDEN COUNTRIES (12 February, 2017)

  Georgies Mgode, Christophe Cox, Dickens Bwana, Leah Mtui, Daniel Magesa, Amos Kahwa, Godfrey Mfinanga, Christiaan Mulder
• PA-058: A RAPID SEROLOGICAL TRIAGE TEST FOR DETECTING ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS (12 February, 2017)

  Nick Borain, Lizette Petersen, Julianne Du Plessis, Grant Theron, Carol Holm-Hansen
• PA-059:

  MOLECULAR TYPING AND DRUG RESISTANCE IN MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX ISOLATES FROM JAMOT AND MBALMAYO DISTRICT HOSPITALS, CAMEROON

  (12 February, 2017)

  Emmanuel Mouafo Tekwu, Larissa Kamgue Sidze, Jean Paul Assam Assam, Sarah Eyangoh, Stefan Niemann, Francine Ntoumi, Veronique Penlap Beng, Matthias Frank
• PA-060: EMERGENCE OF NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIUM PULMONARY INFECTIONS, ANALYSIS OF ISOLATES FROM PREVIOUSLY TREATED TB CASES (12 February, 2017)

  Samuel Kudzawu, Samuel Atiadeve, Doris Hilmann
• PA-061: COMBINED SPECIFIC IGG – AND IGA-BASED DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN AFRICAN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CLINIC ATTENDEES WITH SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS SUGGESTIVE OF TUBERCULOSIS (12 February, 2017)

  Dolapo Awoniyi, Ralf Baumann, Novel Chegou, Belinda Kriel, Ruschca Jacobs, Martin Kidd, Andre Loxton, Susanne Kaempfer, Mahavir Singh, Gerhard Walzl
• PA-062:

  DISCORDANT RESULTS BETWEEN GENOTYPIC ASSAYS (XPERT MTB/RIF AND HAIN MTBDRPLUS) AND BACTEC MGIT 960 SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF RIFAMPICIN-RESISTANT MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS ISOLATES IN ZAMBIA

  (12 February, 2017)

  Winnie Mwanza, Deborah Milimo, Maureen Moyo, Nkatya Kasese, Maina Cheeba-Lengwe, Stembiso Munkondya, Helen Ayles, Petra De Haas, Monde Muyoyeta
• PA-063: ANALYSING THE TREND OF BIOMARKERS WITH TB TREATMENT IN TUBERCULOSIS DISEASE SUSPECTS (12 February, 2017)

  Anna Ritah Namuganga, Harriet Mayanja Kizza
• PA-064: IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL PLASMA AND SALIVARY BIOSIGNATURES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF TB DISEASE AND MONITORING OF TREATMENT RESPONSE (12 February, 2017)

  Ruschca Jacobs, Novel Chegou, Gerhard Walzl
• PA-065: FACTORS AFFECTING TB TRANSMISSION FROM ADULT TO CHILDREN WITHIN HOUSEHOLDS IN THE GAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Alieu Mendy, Leopold Tientcheu, Abigail Ayorinde, Edward Coker, Uzochukwu Egere, Beate Kampmann
• PA-066: VITAMIN D FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF TB-HIV (12 February, 2017)

  Anna Coussens, Celeste Naude, George Chaplin, Mahdad Noursadeghi, Adrian Martineau, Nina Jablonski, Robert Wilkinson
• PA-067: PHARMACOKINETICS OF RIFABUTIN IN COMBINATION WITH LOPINAVIR-RITONAVIR IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH HIV AND TUBERCULOSIS CO-INFECTION IN BURKINA FASO (12 February, 2017)

  Henri Gautier Ouedraogo, Alberto Matteelli, Mario Regazzi, Grissoum Tarnagda, Paola Villani, Giorgia Sulis, Serge Diagbouga, Alberto Roggi, Francesco Giorgetti, Seni Kouanda
• PA-068: CYTOLOGICAL PROFILE OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS: CASE OF THE DOUALA GENERAL HOSPITAL (CAMEROON) (12 February, 2017)

  Amel Bidias, Dieudonné Ndjonka, Clémence Olemba, Arabo Souleymanou
• PA-069: CYP2B6 GENOTYPE BASED EFAVIRENZ DOSE RECOMMENDATIONS DURING RIFAMPICIN-BASED ANTITUBERCULOSIS CO-TREATMENT FOR A SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA POPULATION (12 February, 2017)

  Jackson Mukonzo, Ronald Kuteesa, Jasper Ogwal-Okeng, Lars L. Gustafsson, Joel Owen, Eleni Aklillu
• PA-070: PREVALENCE OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS AMONG HIV/AIDS PATIENTS ON HAART IN UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI TEACHING HOSPITAL (UMTH), NIGERIA: A FOUR-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY (12 February, 2017)

  Peter Bassi, Wadzani Gashau, Klungel Olaf, Alexander Dodoo, Prosper Okonkwo, Phyllis Kanki
• PA-072: GP41 DIVERSITY IN ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY NAïVE AND EXPERIENCED HIV-1 SUBTYPE C-INFECTED PATIENTS IN BOTSWANA: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENFUVIRTIDE (T-20) USE (12 February, 2017)

  Dorcas Maruapula, Boitumelo Seraise, Kevin Einkauf, Amanda Reilly, Sikhulile Moyo, Terence Mohammed, Christopher Rowley, Rosemary Musonda, Joseph Makhema, Simani Gaseitsiwe
• PA-073: BASELINE BACTERIAL LOAD AND RIFAMPICIN EXPOSURE ARE ASSOCIATED TO CULTURE CONVERSION IN A TWO-MONTH STUDY OF TUBERCULOSIS (12 February, 2017)

  Nyanda Ntinginya, Anna Framhein, Stella Mpagama, Hadija Semvua, Gibson Kibiki, Leonard Maboko, Michael Hoelscher, Norbert Heinrich
• PA-074: HEPATITIS B VIRUS CO-INFECTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY AMONG HIV-INFECTED ADULTS ON TENOFOVIR-DISOPROXIL-FUMARATE CONTAINING ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Michael Vinikoor, Roma Chilengi, Lloyd Mulenga, Callistus Kaayunga, Zude Zyambo, Mary-Ann Davies, Matthias Egger, Gilles Wandeler
• PA-075: RELATIONSHIP OF HIV-HBV CO-INFECTION WITH CD4 CELL COUNT AND ALANINE TRANSAMINASE LEVELS IN ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPY-NAïVE PATIENTS (12 February, 2017)

  Kalo Musukuma, Roma Chilengi, Rosalia Dambe, Benjamin Usadi, Michael Vinikoor
• PA-076: CAN HIV TREATMENTS INFORM OTHER CONTEXTS? A TRIAL OF AN ADDITIONAL INDICATION FOR CO-TRIMOXAZOLE PROPHYLAXIS (12 February, 2017)

  Moses Ngari, Johnstone Thitiri, Laura Mwalekwa, Greg Fegan, James Berkley
• PA-077: PREVALENCE AND PREDISPOSING FACTORS TO INTESTINAL PARASITIC INFECTIONS IN HIV/AIDS PATIENTS IN FAKO DIVISION OF CAMEROON (12 February, 2017)

  Dickson Nsagha
• PA-078: IMPACT OF COMMUNITY TRACING ON HIV COHORT OUTCOMES IN URBAN ZAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Virginia Munamunungu, Carolyn Bolton, Alice Siyunda, Jacinta Shilimi, Roma Chilengi, Gilles Wandeler, Michael Vinikoor
• PA-079: PREDICTORS OF RETENTION IN CARE OF HIV-INFECTED ADULTS IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY (12 February, 2017)

  Raffaella Bucciardini, Vincenzo Fragola, Teshome Abegaz, Stefano Lucattini, Atakilt Halifom, Eskedar Tadesse, Micheal Berhe, Katherina Pugliese, Paola De Castro, Roberta Terlizzi, Luca Fucili, Massimiliano Di Gregorio, Marco Mirra, Teame Zegeye, Andrea Binelli, Stefano Vella, Loko Abraham, Hagos Godefay
• PA-080: CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGOENCEPHALITIS IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS IN MADAGASCAR: HIGH PREVALENCE AND LETHALITY AND THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGES (12 February, 2017)

  Rivo Rakotoarivelo, Mihaja Raberahona, Njary Randriamampionona, Rabezanahary Andriamihaja, Tahinamandranto Rasamoelina, Muriel Cornet, Mamy Jean De Dieu Randria, Thomas Benet, Philippe Vanhems, Mala Rakoto Andrianarivelo
• PA-081: FACTORS AFFECTING ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUG ADHERENCE AMONG HIV ADULT PATIENTS ATTENDING HIV CLINIC AT THE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL IN LUSAKA (12 February, 2017)

  Uchizi Chirwa, Charles Michelo, Rosalia Dambe, Raymond Hamoonga
• PA-082: IMPROVING TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS AMONG PEOPLE WITH HIV: UPDATES FROM THE INTENSIFIED CASE FINDING STUDY IN KISUMU COUNTY, KENYA (12 February, 2017)

  Steve Wandiga, Patience Oduor, Janet Agaya, Albert Okumu, Aditya Sharma, Sean Cavanaugh, Kevin Cain
• PA-083: PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOCHOLESTEROLAEMIA AMONG ADULTS WITH PULMONARY TB AT DIAGNOSIS AND DURING TB TREATMENT IN KAMPALA (12 February, 2017)

  John Mukisa, Ezekiel Mupere, William Worodria
• PA-084:

  GENOTYPIC DIVERSITY AND DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS AMONG M. TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX ISOLATES RESPONSIBLE OF EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN CAMEROON FROM 2006–2015

  (12 February, 2017)

  Justice Trésor Ngom, Francioli Koro, Celestin Godwe, Clemence Adande, Romaric Ateugieu, Tatiana Onana, Annie Ngono, Yannick Kamdem, Sara Ngo-Niobe, François-Xavier Etoa
• PA-085: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE HANDLING OF A COMPLAINT REPORT AGAINST A STUDY TEAM: CASE OF A CLINICAL TRIAL (EARNEST) PARTICIPANT (12 February, 2017)

  Muchineripi Kanengoni, Sithembile Ruzario, Paul Ndebele, Melody Shana, Fadzai Tarumbiswa, Rosemary Musesengwa, Rutendo Gutsire
• PA-086: A REVIEW OF REGULATORY CAPACITY STRENGTHENING IN AFRICA IN HIV RESEARCH: THE NEED FOR A NEW PARADIGM (12 February, 2017)

  Kevin Fisher, Prince Bahati, Bargavi Thyagarajan
• PA-087: PREVALENCE OF HBV, HIV, AND HIV-HBV CO-INFECTIONS AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA (12 February, 2017)

  Oluyinka Opaleye, Olusola Akanbi, Michael Binuyo
• PA-088: DO XPERT MTB/RIF CYCLE THRESHOLD VALUES PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT PATIENT DELAYS FOR TUBERCULOSIS DIAGNOSIS? (12 February, 2017)

  Willy Ssengooba, Durval Respeito, Edson Mambuque, Silvia Blanco, Inacio Mandomando, Bouke De Jong, Frank Cobelens, Alberto Garcia-Basteiro
• PA-089: CHILD PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT: ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS OF HIV/AIDS ORPHANS – A CASE STUDY IN BAHIR DAR TOWN, ETHIOPIA (12 February, 2017)

  Ayele Tamene
• PA-090: UNDERSTANDING PATIENT DECISIONS TO TRANSFER OR DISENGAGE FROM HIV CARE AND TREATMENT IN ZAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Stephanie Topp, Chanda Mwamba, Laura Beres, Nancy Padian, Izukanji Sikazwe, Elvin Geng, Charles Holmes
• PA-091: MEETING FIELD-BASED CHALLENGES: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO COLLECTING DRY BLOOD SPOT SAMPLES IN THE COMMUNITY (12 February, 2017)

  Kombatende Sikombe, Cardinal Hantuba, Nancy Czaicki, Elvin Geng, Charles Holmes, Kalo Musukuma, Sandra Simbeza, Paul Somwe, Izukanji Sikazwe
• PA-092: CHANGES IN VAGINAL PRACTICES AFTER CONTRACEPTIVE VAGINAL RING USE AMONG WOMEN IN KIGALI, RWANDA (12 February, 2017)

  Michele Umulisa, Jennifer Ilo, Evelyne Kestelyn, Mireille Uwineza, Stephen Agaba, Therese Delvaux, Janneke Wijgert
• PA-094: AGREEMENT OF QUANTIFERON TEST AND TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST IN DIAGNOSING LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION AMONG HIV-INFECTED PEOPLE IN KISUMU COUNTY, KENYA (12 February, 2017)

  Patience Oduor, Dickson Gethi, Lazarus Odeny, Janet Agaya, Steve Wandiga
• PA-095: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION IN HIV-INFECTED CHILDREN IN WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Cynthia Tamandjou, Francina Kaindjee-Tjituka, Laura Brandt, Mark Cotton, Etienne Nel, Wolfgang Preiser, Monique Andersson
• PA-096: INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO DRY BLOOD SAMPLE COLLECTION IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA: A 12-MONTH RETROSPECTIVE DATA REVIEW OF PARTNERSHIP WITH NIGERIA POSTAL SERVICE FOR SAMPLE TRANSPORTATION (12 February, 2017)

  Abiola Adepoju, Musa Magana, Andrew Etsetowaghan
• PA-097: FEASIBILITY OF USING THE LYNX POINT-OF-CARE TEST FOR EARLY INFANT HIV DIAGNOSIS IN RURAL ZAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Mutinta Chilikwazi, Catherine Sutcliffe, Philip Thuma, Kathy Sinywimaanzi, Hellen Matakala, Passwell Munachoonga, William Moss
• PA-098: UPTAKE OF ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AMONG HIV-INFECTED PREGNANT WOMEN AND ITS IMPACT ON HIV MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION IN MBEYA, TANZANIA (12 February, 2017)

  Issa Sabi Masenza, Otto Geisenberger, Peter Agrea, Leonard Maboko, France Rwegoshora, Hellen Mahiga, Willyhelmina Olomi, Michael Hoelscher, Arne Kroidl
• PA-099: VARIATION IN NEONATAL MORTALITY AND ITS RELATION TO COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (12 February, 2017)

  Gbenga Kayode, Diederick Grobbee, Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, Evelyn Ansah, Olalekan Uthman, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch
• PA-100: IMPACT OF A HOLISTIC INTERVENTION ON PMTCT UPTAKE WITHIN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: EVIDENCE FROM ‘SAVE THE FAMILIES FOR AFRICA’ IN MALAWI (12 February, 2017)

  Joseph Fokam, Maria-Mercedes Santoro, Chrissie Musolo, Isabel Chimbiri, Gloria Chikwenga, Ruth Deula, Riccardo Massari, Agness Lungu, Carlo-Federico Perno
• PA-101: FUNCTIONAL AND PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERISATION OF REGULATORY T (TREG) CELLS IN ANTIRETROVIRAL NAïVE HIV-1 INFECTED PEOPLE (12 February, 2017)

  Georgia Ndzengue, Ngu Loveline, Carol Sake, Abel Lissom, Jules Tchadji, Tchouangueu Flaurent, Nadesh Nji, Samuel Sosso, Claudine Essomba, François-Xavier Etoa, Godwin Nchinda
• PA-103: DRUG RESISTANCE AND GENETIC PROFILE OF BACTERIAL SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH BURULI ULCER WOUND INFECTIONS IN TWO DISTRICTS OF GHANA (12 February, 2017)

  Grace Kpeli, Isaac Otchere, Araceli Lamelas, Andrew Buultjens, Dieter Bulach, Sarah Baines, Torsten Seemann, Stefano Giulieri, Zuliehatu Nakobu, Samuel Aboagye, Evelyn Owusu-Mireku, Emelia Danso, Julia Hauser, Vladimira Hinic, Gerd Pluschke, Timothy Stinear, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu
• PA-104:

  CURRENT PATTERNS AND PREDICTIVE TRENDS OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT SALMONELLA TYPHI IN SUDAN

  (12 February, 2017)

  Ayman Elshayeb, Marmar El Siddig, Abdel Azim Ahmed, Adil El Hussien
• PA-105: AETIOLOGY, ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR NEONATAL SEPSIS IN A LARGE REFERRAL CENTRE IN ZAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Mwila Kabwe, John Tembo, Lophina Chilukutu, Moses Chilufya, Francis Ngulube, Chileshe Lukwesa, Virve Enne, Hannah Wexner, Lawrence Mwananyanda, Davidson Hamer, Sylvester Sinyangwe, Yusuf Ahmed, Nigel Klein, Markus Maeurer, Ali Zumla, Matthew Bates
• PA-106: RESISTANCE OF ENTEROPATHOGENS MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH DIARRHOEA TO FREQUENTLY PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS IN KOUSSERI (FAR NORTH, CAMEROON) (12 February, 2017)

  Landry Beyala, Guenou Etienne, Njimbia Anthony, Azike Benjamin, Jerome Ateudjieu
• PA-107: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PATTERNS OF POTENTIAL PATHOGENS ISOLATED FROM TWO MAJOR HOSPITALS IN LUSAKA AND NDOLA (12 February, 2017)

  Bertha Chibwe, Michelo Simuyandi, David Ojok, Roma Chilengi, Annika Kruuner
• PA-108: LOCALLY DRIVEN RESEARCH IS BETTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES OUTBREAK PREPAREDNESS: AN EDCTP CAPACITY-BUILDING PROJECT IN POST-EBOLA LIBERIA (12 February, 2017)

  Christine Attia Tarr, Guillermo Martinez Perez, Senga Omeonga, Fanta Kibungu, Ana Meyer, Peter Lansana, Alfredo Mayor
• PA-109: THE ROLE OF LOCAL CONTRACT RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS IN BUILDING GCP-COMPLIANT CLINICAL RESEARCH IN POVERTY-RELATED DISEASES IN AFRICA: A CASE OF CLINWIN RESEARCH SERVICES (12 February, 2017)

  Peter Onyango
• PA-111: HARNESSING THE DIGITAL SHARING REVOLUTION TO DRIVE GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH: SHOWING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THAT SHOULD SUPPORT EDCTP CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (12 February, 2017)

  François Van Loggerenberg, Tamzin Furtado, Liam Boggs, Alexis Segrt, Trudie Lang
• PA-112: INTRODUCTION OF A NEW VACCINE INTO NATIONAL IMMUNISATION PROGRAMMES IN AFRICA: THE ROLE OF CAPACITY BUILDING (12 February, 2017)

  Carine Dochez, Rosemary Burnett, M. Jeffrey Mphahlele
• PA-113: ACHIEVEMENTS AND PRIMED PROSPECTS OF INCREASING CAPABILITIES FOR MULTISITE CLINICAL TRIALS IN THE EASTERN AFRICA NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE (12 February, 2017)

  George Miiro, Edward Mbidde, Norbert Peshu, Esther Kivaya, Godfrey Mfinanga, Bernard Ngowi, Reginald Kavishe, Mukhtar Maowia, Trudie Lang, Eric Sandstrom, Elizabeth Ayuo, Annet Nanvubya, Blandina Mmbaga, Pontiano Kaleebu
• PA-114: BLENDED-LEARNING USING THE GLOBAL HEALTH NETWORK ONLINE RESOURCES: A PILOT STUDY (12 February, 2017)

  Elizabeth Allen, Cordelia Leisegang, Tamzin Furtado, François Van Loggerenberg, Trudie Lang
• PA-115: FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION IN MULTISITE, MULTILINGUAL CONSORTIUMS: EVALUATION OF THE COMMUNICATION TOOLS USED IN THE WANETAM NETWORK (12 February, 2017)

  Marie Thorpe, Elizabeth Batchilly, Jean-Pierre N'Guessan, Dembo Kanteh
• PA-116: DEVELOPING A GLOBAL CORE COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH (12 February, 2017)

  Amélie Julé, Tamzin Furtado, Liam Boggs, François Van Loggerenberg, Trudie Lang
• PA-117: NEW E-LEARNING TOOL FOR FEMALE GENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS: A SUPPLEMENT TO THE WHO POCKET ATLAS OF FGS (12 February, 2017)

  Solrun Søfteland, Motshedisi Sebitloane, Bellington Vwalika, Myra Taylor, Hashini Galappaththi-Arachchige, Sigve Holmen, Svein Gunnar Gundersen, Patricia Ndhlovu, Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland
• PA-118: RESEARCH ETHICS CAPACITY BUILDING FOR THE NEXT DECADE – ‘BEYOND TRAINING’ – RHINNO ETHICS AS MODEL TO IMPROVE AND ACCELERATE ETHICS REVIEW OF HEALTH RESEARCH (12 February, 2017)

  Francis Kombe, Jacintha Toohey, Carel Ijsselmuiden
• PA-119: EBOLA AND CLINICAL TRIAL ACTIVITY ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT (12 February, 2017)

  Elizabeth Pienaar, Tamara Kredo
• PA-120: THE UTILITY OF FINGERPRINT-BASED PARTICIPANT IDENTIFICATION AND CONSENTING IN CLINICAL TRIALS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRY SETTINGS (12 February, 2017)

  Joseph Okebe, Pa Modou Cham, Ismaela Abubakar, Bai Lamin Dondeh, Umberto D'Alessandro
• PA-121: IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY IN CLINICAL TRIALS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (12 February, 2017)

  Nerina Vischer, Constanze Pfeiffer, Christian Burri
• PA-123: FIELD PERFORMANCE OF POINT-OF-CARE TO DETERMINE HBSAG TEST FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ACTIVE HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION IN ZAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Caroline Chisenga, Kalo Musukwa, Roma Chilengi, Samuel Zürcher, Virginia Munamunungu, Alice Siyunda, Temwani Mwandu, Sophie Bauer, Gilles Wandeler, Michael Vinikoor
• PA-125:

  EVALUATION OF CIRCULATING CATHODIC ANTIGEN (CCA) URINE-CASSETTE ASSAY AS A SURVEY TOOL FOR SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI IN DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION SETTINGS WITHIN BUGIRI DISTRICT, UGANDA

  (12 February, 2017)

  Moses Adriko
• PA-126: COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES (KAP) DURING MDA INTEGRATED MALARIA ELIMINATION AND SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHS CONTROL STUDY IN NGODHE ISLAND, LAKE VICTORIA, KENYA (12 February, 2017)

  Peter Mwaura, James Kongere, Kevin Omolloh, Jesse Gitaka
• PA-127: INTERRUPTED BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS EXPOSURE RATES IN CHILDREN AFTER TWELVE ROUNDS OF MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF LONG-LASTING INSECTICIDAL NETS IN RUFIJI DISTRICT, TANZANIA (12 February, 2017)

  Clarer Jones, Billy Ngasala, Mwelecele Malecela
• PA-128: THE EFFICACY OF ALBENDAZOLE AGAINST SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHS AND THE IMPACT OF MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION OF ALBENDAZOLE AND IVERMECTIN ON HEALTH STATUS (12 February, 2017)

  Buhari Adamu Hamidu, Tettevi Edward Jenner, Larbi John Asiedu, Mike Osei-Atweneboana
• PA-129:

  CULTIVATION OF TWO IS2404 POSITIVE MYCOBACTERIUM SPP. FROM THE ENVIRONMENT OF ASANTE AKIM DISTRICT OF GHANA

  (12 February, 2017)

  Innocent Afeke, Phyllis Addo, Mercy Newman, Lies Durnez, Miriam Eddyani, Nana Ammisah, Mona Abas, Maxwell Quartey, Anthony Ablordey
• PA-130: MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS OF BURULI ULCER IN COMMUNITIES OF TWO ENDEMIC LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF OGUN STATE, NIGERIA (12 February, 2017)

  Olaoluwa Akinwale, Adeniyi Adeneye, Sylvanus Ezeugwu, Yetunde Olukosi, Babatunde Adewale, Medinat Sulyman, Margaret Mafe, Jane Okwuzu, Pam Gyang, Timothy Nwafor, Uzoma Henry, Bilkisu Musa, Innocent Ujah
• PA-132:

  EFFECT OF SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM INFECTION ON PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA BURDEN IN LAMBARÉNÉ, GABON

  (12 February, 2017)

  Jean Claude Dejon Agobé, Frejus Jeannot Zinsou, J Honkpehedji, Ulysse Ateba Ngoa, Peter Kremsner, Ayola Adegnika
• PA-133: WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION CONDITIONS IN RURAL SOUTHERN MOZAMBIQUE AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY INDICATORS, 2012–2015 (12 February, 2017)

  Berta Grau-Pujol, Charfudin Sacoor, Augusto Nhabomba, Aina Casellas, Llorenç Quintó, Carme Subirà, Ricard Giné, Antònia Valentín, Jose Muñoz
• PA-134:

  NONTYPHOIDAL SALMONELLA IN THE FOODSTUFFS AND THE HUMAN DIARRHOEAL STOOLS IN OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO

  (12 February, 2017)

  Marguerite Nikiema, Absatou Ky-Ba, Kiswendsida Abdou Muller Comapore, Alfred Traore, Lassana Sangare
• PA-135: URGENT NEED TO EDUCATE NIGERIANS ABOUT THE EBOLA VACCINE TRIAL PROGRAM (12 February, 2017)

  Adeolu Oluremi, Oluyinka Opaleye
• PA-136: EFFECT OF ONCHOCERCIASIS TREATMENT ON THE FREQUENCY OF SEIZURES IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY AND ONCHOCERCIASIS (12 February, 2017)

  Mandro Michel
• PA-137: ASSESSMENT OF THE ENDEMICITY STATUS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS IN THE GAMBIA (12 February, 2017)

  Yaya Camara, Bakary Sanneh
• PA-138: PREVALENCE OF GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES IN SOUTHERN MOZAMBIQUE USING A NOVEL MULTIPARALLEL QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR (12 February, 2017)

  Inocencia Cuamba, Berta Grau-Pujol, Augusto Nhabomba, Jose Gutiérrez, Carlota Lázaro, Rojelio Mejia
• PA-139: SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTIONS AND RISK FACTORS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA (12 February, 2017)

  Babatunde Adewale, Abimbola Adedeji, Sola Folorunsho, Pelumi Demehin, Bamidele Akinsanya
• PA-140: IS TRACHOMA ON TRACK FOR ELIMINATION BY 2020? MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE AFTER MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION WITH AZITHROMYCIN FOR ACTIVE TRACHOMA IN GUINEA BISSAU (12 February, 2017)

  Giovanna Cowley, Eunice Teixeira Da Silva, Meno Nabicassa, Pedrozinho Duarte Pereira De Barros, Milena Mbote Blif, Robin Bailey, Anna Last
• PA-141: THE INTERNATIONAL GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICES GUIDELINES: TIME FOR A REVISION? (12 February, 2017)

  Raffaella Ravinetto, Halidou Tinto, Ermias Diro, Joseph Okebe, Yodi Mahendradhata, Suman Rijal, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Pascal Lutumba, Alain Nahum, Kateljine De Nys, Minnes Casteels, Marleen Boelaert
• PA-142: ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUB-REGIONAL ETHICS COMMITTEE IN CENTRAL AFRICA TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF MULTICOUNTRY PROJECTS: AN OCEAC INITIATIVE (12 February, 2017)

  Sylvie Kwedi Nona
• PA-143: INVOLVEMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS IN THE REPORTING PROCESS OF SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENTS DURING CLINICAL TRIALS IN A SUB-SAHARAN RESEARCH CENTER, LAMBARÉNÉ, GABON (12 February, 2017)

  Kabwende Lumeka, Agnandji Todagbe
• PA-144: ACTIVE PHARMACOVIGILANCE IN CôTE D'IVOIRE (12 February, 2017)

  Mariam Mama Djima
• PA-145: ETHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PREP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IN NIGERIA (12 February, 2017)

  Morenike Ukpong, Atiene Sagay, Hadiza Khamofu, Kwasi Torpey, Evaristus Afiadigwe, James Anenih, Oliver Ezechi, Chidi Nweneka, John Idoko
• PA-146: SCHISTOSOMIASIS, PRAZIQUANTEL AND FOOD: THE CONTROL OF A MALADY AMONG SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN IN UGANDA (12 February, 2017)

  Simon Muhumuza, Anne Katahoire, Fred Nuwaha, Annette Olsen
• PA-147: PILOTING DHIS2 SYSTEM IN VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS SURVEILLANCE (12 February, 2017)

  Seth Okeyo, Raymond Omollo, Robert Kimutai, Michael Ochieng, Thaddaeus Egondi
• PA-148: STRENGTHENING PRISON HEALTH SYSTEMS: FEASIBILITY AND CHALLENGES OF INTRODUCING PRISON HEALTH COMMITTEES (PRHCS) IN ZAMBIAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (12 February, 2017)

  Clement Moonga, Chisele Chileshe, George Magwende, German Henostroza, Stephanie Topp
• PA-149: DETERMINING THE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF A PROPOSED SCHISTOSOMIASIS HEALTH EDUCATION INTERVENTION IN EGGUA, YEWA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OGUN STATE NIGERIA (12 February, 2017)

  Chiaka Anumudu, Olugbenga Onile, Victoria Oladele, Adewale Adebayo, Henrietta Awobode
• PA-150: MATERNAL UROGENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS, MONITORING DISEASE MORBIDITY BY SIMPLE REAGENT STRIPS (12 February, 2017)

  Oyetunde Oyeyemi, Alexander Odaibo
• PA-151: FROM LABORATORY RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC: SCIENCE COMMUNICATION FOR POLICY, RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC (12 February, 2017)

  Emily Kabuye, Tom Lutalo, Pontiano Kaleebu, Edward Mbidde
• PA-152: THE EFFECT OF HELMINTH CO-INFECTION ON MALARIA-SPECIFIC IMMUNOGLOBULIN G RESPONSES (12 February, 2017)

  Clarisse Njua-Yafi, Theresa Nkuo-Akenji, Judith Anchang-Kimbi, Tobias Apinjoh, Regina Mugri, Hanesh Chi, Rolland Tata, Charles Njumkeng, Daniel Dodoo, Michael Theisen, Eric Achidi
• PA-153: SAFETY OF RVSV EBOLA VACCINE, AFTER 6 MONTHS FOLLOW-UP, IN ADULTS: A PHASE 1 TRIAL CONDUCTED IN LAMBARÉNÉ, GABON (12 February, 2017)

  José Fernandes, Emmanuel B. Bache, Régis M Obiang Mba, Anita L. Kabwende, Benjamin Mordmüller, Sanjeev Krishna, Peter G. Kremsner, Martin P. Grobusch, Agnandji Selidji Todagbe
• PA-154: RUBELLA SEROPREVALENCE AMONG HIV-INFECTED AND UNINFECTED ZAMBIAN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (12 February, 2017)

  Kalumbu Matakala, Catherine Sutcliffe, Kelly Searle, Michelle Greenman, Kaitlin Rainwater-Lovett, Philip Thuma, William Moss