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ABSTRACTS OF THE NINTH EDCTP FORUM, 17–21 SEPTEMBER 2018 INTRODUCTION

• THE NINTH FORUM OF THE EUROPEAN & DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CLINICAL TRIALS PARTNERSHIP (24 April, 2019) Free

  Pauline Beattie, Moses Bockarie, co-chairs of the Forum committee

ABSTRACTS OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• OC 8173 RAPID DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS BY RECOMBINASE POLYMERASE AMPLIFICATION

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Michael Frimpong, Hubert Ahor, Francisca Sarpong, Ken Laing, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Richard Phillips
• OC 8215 DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF XPERT MTB/RIF ULTRA FOR PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN: A MULTICENTRE COMPARATIVE STUDY (24 April, 2019) Free

  Issa Sabi, Andrea Rachow, Daniel Mapamba, Petra Clowes, Nyanda E Ntinginya, Mohamed Sasamalo, Lujeko Kamwela, Frederick Haraka, Michael Hoelscher, Daniel Paris, Elmar Saathoff, Klaus Reither
• OC 8244 QUANTITATIVE LATERAL FLOW ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF M. LEPRAE INFECTION USING FINGERSTICK BLOOD

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Annemieke Geluk, Anouk Van Hooij, Elisa Tjon El Fat, Kosrhed Alam, Sipho Dlamini, Moises Batista Da Silva, John Spencer, Claudio Salgado, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Paul Corstjens
• OC 8259 THE VALIDATE NETWORK: EXPLOITING SYNERGIES BETWEEN COMPLEX INTRACELLULAR NEGLECTED PATHOGENS TO EXPEDITE VACCINE R&D FOR TUBERCULOSIS, LEISHMANIASIS, LEPROSY AND MELIOIDOSIS (24 April, 2019) Free

  Samantha Vermaak, Helen Fletcher, Helen McShane
• OC 8277 IDENTIFICATION OF NEW CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AND BLOOD-BASED BIOMARKERS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN (24 April, 2019) Free

  Masilo Charles Manyelo, Regan S Solomons, Gerhard Walzl, Novel N Chegou
• OC 8360 GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND ITS ROLE IN IMPROVING HEALTH AND HEALTH EQUITY IN AFRICA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Nchangwi Syntia Munung, Jantina De Vries, Bridget F Pratt
• OC 8378 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ETHICAL CONDUCT OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN CAMEROON, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVE MONITORING (24 April, 2019) Free

  Marceline Djuidje Ngounoue, Jerome Ateudjieu, Charles Fokunang, Primus Che Chi, Mireille Ndje Ndje, Sylvie Kwedi Nolna, Gisele Magne, Lazare Kaptue
• OC 8391 AFREENET (AFRICA ETHICS EXCELLENCE NETWORK): A NETWORK OF NATIONAL RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES ENGAGED IN THE REINFORCEMENT OF THEIR CAPACITIES (24 April, 2019) Free

  Virginie Pirard, Louis Penali, Armande Gangbo, Oumou Younoussa Sow, Samira Ouchhi
• OC 8405 IDENTIFICATION OF AN MTB-SPECIFIC SOLUBLE HOST SIGNATURE FOR RISK OF DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVE TB IN HIV-POSITIVE MTB-EXPOSED CONTACTS (24 April, 2019) Free

  Joseph Mendy, Novel N Chegou, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Kim Stanley, Bonnie Thiel, Tom Ottenhoff, Stefan Kaufmann, Henry Boom, Gerhard Walzl, Jayne Sutherland
• OC 8415 A TRANSLATIONAL PRECLINICAL PLATFORM TO ASSESS THE CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS AND CHEMOPREVENTION DOSE-RELATIONSHIP OF MALARIA DRUGS: THE CASE STUDY OF M5717 (24 April, 2019) Free

  Sofia Rebelo, Daniel Simão, Franscisca Arez, Diana Fontinha, Marta Machado, Tatiana Martins, Christoph Fischli, Claude Oeuvray, Manuel Carrondo, Matthias Rottman, Thomas Spangenberg, Catarina Brito, Beatrice Greco, Miguel Prudencio, Paula M Alves
• OC 8431 CLINICAL RESEARCH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE IMPACT OF NORTH-SOUTH PARTNERSHIPS (24 April, 2019) Free

  Agnes Saint-Raymond, Martin Harvey, Maria Cavaller
• OC 8432 EVALUATION OF AN ANTIBODY-DETECTING POINT-OF-CARE TEST FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF TAENIA SOLIUM TAENIASIS AND NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS/CYSTICERCOSIS IN AN ENDEMIC AREA

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Chishimba Mubanga, Kabemba Mwape, Gideon Zulu, Isaac Phiri, Chiara Trevisan, Pierre Dorny, Sarah Gabriel, Inge Van Damme
• OC 8435 MULTI-BIOMARKER TEST STRIP FOR POINT-OF-CARE SCREENING FOR ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS: A FIVE-COUNTRY MULTI-CENTRE TEST EVALUATION (24 April, 2019) Free

  Paul Corstjens, Anouk Van Hooij, Elisa Tjon Kon Fat, Shannon Herdigein, Anna Ritah Namuganga, Azaria Diergaardt, Hygon Mutavhatsindi, Awa Gindeh, Adane Mihret, Gian Van De Spuy, Gunar Gunther, Rawleigh Howe, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Jayne Sutherland, Novel N Chegou, Tom Ottenhoff, Gerhard Walzl, Annemieke Geluk
• OC 8450 ABSENCE OF MINORITY HIV-1 DRUG-RESISTANT VARIANTS FOLLOWING MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION DOES NOT PREDICT VIROLOGIC SUCCESS OF FIRST-LINE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (24 April, 2019) Free

  Cissy Kityo, Tobias Rinke De Wit, Immaculate Nankya, Sheilla Balinda, Kim Sigaloff, Emmanuel Ndashimye, Peter Mugyenyi, Miguel Quinones-Mateu
• OC 8453 SCALING-UP MASS TESTING AND TREATMENT EFFECTIVELY REDUCED MALARIA ASYMPTOMATIC PARASITAEMIA IN CHILDREN UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE IN GHANA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Ignatius Cheng Ndong, Collins Stephan Ahorlu, Daniel Okyere, Alexander A Nyarko, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Kwakwo A Koram
• OC 8459 ASSESSMENT OF PARASITE CLEARANCE AFTER REPEATED TREATMENT WITH ARTESUNATE AMODIAQUINE, DIHYDROARTEMISININ-PIPERAQUINE, PYRONARIDINE-ARTESUNATE IN MALARIA PATIENTS IN BURKINA FASO (24 April, 2019) Free

  Issiaka Soulama, Sodiomon B Sirima
• OC 8465 THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONJUGATE VACCINE AGAINST GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS: AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Seanette Wilson, Patrick Tippoo
• OC 8469 REVIEWING INVESTIGATIONAL PRODUCT’S QUALITY ASSURANCE DOCUMENTATION IN MAJOR CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRIES FOR POST-MARKETING CLINICAL TRIAL STUDIES (24 April, 2019) Free

  Joachim Doua, Hanneke Dominicus
• OC 8474 ASSESSMENT OF ETHICS REVIEW FRAMEWORKS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH IN EAST AFRICA FOR PURPOSES OF HARMONISATION (24 April, 2019) Free

  Gibson S Kibiki, Novat Twungubumwe, Francis Kombe, Carel IJsselmuiden, Prince N Bahati, Anatoli Kamali, Jean De Dieu Ngirabega
• OC 8477 MAKING RESEARCH EASIER, BETTER AND FASTER THROUGH KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Leandro Abade
• OC 8489 CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT OF A THERAPEUTIC VACCINE FOR PREVENTION OF POST KALA AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS (24 April, 2019) Free

  Paul Kaye, Ahmed Musa, Joseph Olobo, Margaret Mbuchi, Asrat Hailu Mekuria, Flavia D’Alessio, Sophie Houard, Odile Leroy
• OC 8491 PREPVACC: A PHASE III, MAMS ADAPTIVE PROPHYLACTIC HIV VACCINE TRIAL WITH A SECOND RANDOMISATION TO COMPARE F/TAF WITH TDF/FTC PREP (24 April, 2019) Free

  Sarah Joseph, Pontiano Kaleebu, Eugene Ruzagira, Christian Holm Hansen, Janet Seeley, Vincent Basajja, Jonathan Weber, Julie Fox, Cherry Kingsley, Said Aboud, Eligius Lyamuya, Lucas Maganga, Doreen Pamba, Gita Ramjee, Justin Yssel, Edna Viegas, Ilesh Jani, Fran Priddy, Charlotta Nilsson, Arne Kroidl, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Merlin Robb, Angela Crook, David Dunne, Sheena Mccormack
• OC 8494 DRIVING REDUCED AIDS-ASSOCIATED MENINGO-ENCEPHALITIS MORTALITY (24 April, 2019) Free

  Angela Loyse, Godfrey S Mfinanga, Cecilia Kanyama, Charles Kounfack, Sokoine Lesikari, Chimwemwe Chawinga, Muirgen Stack, Sile Molloy
• OC 8499 THE T-CELL VACCINE STRATEGY: GLOBALLY RELEVANT AIDS VACCINE EUROPE-AFRICA TRIALS PARTNERSHIP (GREAT) (24 April, 2019) Free

  Tomáš Hanke, Patricia Fast, Pontiano Kaleebu, Walter Jaoko, Eduard Sanders, William Kilembe, Hester Kuipers, Brenda Okech, Jill Gilmour
• OC 8510 BIOTRANSFORMATION OF PRAZIQUANTEL FOR THE PHARMACOKINETIC OPTIMISATION OF PRAZIQUANTEL USE IN MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PAEDIATRIC FORMULATIONS (24 April, 2019) Free

  Roslyn S Thelingwani, Nyasha Kapungu, Xueqing Li, Comfort Kanji, Chenai Mutiti, Wilma J Reinhard-Rupp, Collen Masimirembwa
• OC 8526 THE RWANDA CLINICAL RESEARCH NETWORK (RWANDA-CRN): A MODEL FOR MIXED SOUTH-SOUTH AND NORTH-SOUTH COLLABORATIONS FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (24 April, 2019) Free

  Jean Pierre Musabyiman, Clarisse Musanabaganwa, Valentine Dushimiyimana, Jean Pierre Namabajimana, Prosper Karame, Ladislas Nshimiyimana, Pacific Ndishimye
• OC 8521 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SAFETY OF CO-ADMINISTERED HUMAN HOOKWORM VACCINE CANDIDATES NA-APR-1 (M74)/ALHYDROGEL^® AND NA-GST-1/ALHYDROGEL^® IN GABONESE CHILDREN

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Jeannot Fréjus Zinsou, Josiane Honpkehedji, Dejon Agobe Jean Claude, Bayodé R Adegbite, Jean Ronald Edoa, Remko Van Leeuwen, David Diemert, Maria Elena Botazzi, Peter G Kremsner, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Peter Hotez, Martin P Grobusch, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Sophie De Vries
• OC 8535 AN OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES OPERATING IN LUSOPHONE AFRICAN COUNTRIES (24 April, 2019) Free

  Maria Rosário Oliveira Martins, João Schwalbach, Esperança Sevene, Antonieta Martins, Ema Candida Branco Fernandes, Isabel Ines Araujo, Helena Pereira De Melo, Amilcar Bernardo Tome Da Silva, Emanuel Catumbela, Jahit Sacarlal, Jorge Seixas, Maria Chimpolo, Rassul Nala, Maria Tazi Nimi, Amabelia Rodrigues
• OC 8546 SAFETY AND IMMUNOGENICITY OF THE MALARIA VACCINE CANDIDATE BK-SE36 IN YOUNG CHILDREN LIVING IN BURKINA FASO (24 April, 2019) Free

  Sodiomon Sirima, Alfred B Tiono, Sophie Houard, Edith C Bougouma, Sam A Coulibaly, Odile Leroy, Nirianne Palacpac, Toshihiro Horii, Issa N Ouedraogo
• OC 8552 EFFICACY OF THE CHAD63-MVC ME-TRAP VECTORED MALARIA VACCINE CANDIDATE IN 5–17 MONTHS OLD INFANTS AND CHILDREN IN BURKINA FASO (24 April, 2019) Free

  Alfred B Tiono, Issa Nebie, Nicholas Anagnostou, Sam A Coulibaly, Alison Lawrie, Edith C Bougouma, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Jean Baptist Yaro, Aïssata Barry, Rachel Roberts, Amidou Ouedraogo, Katie J Ewer, Nicola K Viebig, Amidou Diarra, Odile Leroy, Philip Bejon, Adrian Hill, Sodiomon B Sirima
• OC 8561 RAPAED TB: AN INNOVATIVE CHILD TB DIAGNOSTIC VALIDATION STUDY (24 April, 2019) Free

  Laura Olbrich, Heather Zar, Steve Graham, Issa Sabi, Nyanda E Ntinginya, Nilesh Bhatt, Marriott Nliwasa, Elizabeth Corbett, Rinn Song, Claudia Denkinger, Michael Hölscher, Norbert Heinrich
• OC 8566 THE UNIVERSIDADE EDUARDO MONDLANE AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO PARTNERSHIP, A PARADIGM FOR INSTITUTIONAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES CAPACITY BUILDING (24 April, 2019) Free

  Emilia Noormahomed, Robert Scooley
• OC 8568 A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF ORAL IRON FOR TREATMENT OF POST-MALARIA ANAEMIA IN MALAWIAN CHILDREN COMPARING IMMEDIATE VERSUS DELAYED ADMINISTRATION (24 April, 2019) Free

  Kamija Phiri, Herbert Longwe, Sarah White, Michael Esan, Feiko Ter Kuile, Bernard Brabin
• OC 8582 A PHASE IA/B STUDY TO ASSESS SAFETY AND IMMUNOGENICITY OF PLACENTAL MALARIA VACCINE CANDIDATE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE PRIMALVAC TRIAL (24 April, 2019) Free

  Amadou Konate, Laura Richert, Arnaud Chêne, Jean-Philippe Semblat, Gwenaelle Roguet, Nadine Benhamouda, Mathilde Bahuaud, Nicolas Havelange, Alexis Kuppers, Cécilia Campion, Valérie Boilet, Sonia Gueguen, Pierre Loulergue, Odile Leroy, Frederic Batteux, Eric Tartour, Nicola K Viebig, Rodolphe Thiebaut, Sodiomon B Sirima, Odile Launay, Benoit Gamain
• OC 8586 INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY HEALTH RESEARCH TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH SYSTEM REBUILDING PHASE IN SIERRA LEONE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Wurie Haja
• OC 8711 EARLY BIOMARKERS OF LUNG INFLAMMATION AND FUNCTION IN TRIALS OF HOST-DIRECTED TUBERCULOSIS THERAPIES (TB-HDT) (24 April, 2019) Free

  Robert Wallis, Trevor Beattie, Morongwe Likoti, Bintou Ahidjo, Vinodh Edward, Mohammed Rassool, Khatija Ahmed, Sibuse Ginindza, Katherine Fielding, Gavin Churchyard, Mboyo Vangu
• OC 8713 MAXIMISING RESEARCH IMPACT TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC HEALTHCARE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Wilber Sabiiti, Nyanda E Ntinginya, Elizabeth Fb Msoka, Fred Orina, Ivan Mwebaza, Simeon Mwanyonga, Barbara Miheso, Erica Sanga, Aliphonce Liyoyo, Helen Meme, Blandina T Mmbaga, Ewan Chirnside, Moses Joloba, Evans Amukoye, Alphonse Okwera, Gibson S Kibiki, Stephen H Gillespie, Wilber Mwebaza, Nyanda E Msoka
• OC 8715 GOING FURTHER TOGETHER: THE ROLE OF THE EU IN SUPPORTING REGULATORY HARMONISATION OF HEALTH TOOLS IN AFRICA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Agustin Martin Lasanta
• OC 8716 ENHANCING RESEARCH ETHICS REVIEW CAPACITY IN SUDAN (24 April, 2019) Free

  Shaza Abass, Sara-Lavinia Brair, Shahd Osman, Henry Silverman
• OC 8717 TRANSFER OF LEADERSHIP, WHAT DO WE NEED? (24 April, 2019) Free

  Stellah Mpagama
• OC 8718 WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM PANACEA 1 CLINICAL TRIALS? (24 April, 2019) Free

  Nyanda E Ntinginya
• OC 8721 WANECAM II – A CLINICAL TRIAL PROGRAMME TO ASSESS SAFETY, EFFICACY AND TRANSMISSION-BLOCKING PROPERTIES OF A NEW ANTIMALARIAL KAF156 (GANAPLACIDE) IN UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Abdoulaye Djimde, on behalf of the WANECAM II consortium, Martin P Grobusch, Rella Zoleko Manego, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Stephane Picot, Issaka Sagara, Colin Sutherland, Aminatou Kone, Ogobara K Doumbo, Jose Pedro Gil, Anders Björkman, Steffen Borrmann, Issiaka Soulama, Bakary Fofana, Stephan Duparc, Alassane Dicko, David Hughes, Cornelis Winnips, Sodiomon B Sirima, Eric Adehossi, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo, Laurent Dembele, Issaka Zongo, Sophie Biguenet, Edithe Ilboudo-Sanogo, Aminata Fofana
• OC-8722 THE GENERATION AND TESTING OF A GENETICALLY ATTENUATED MALARIA PARASITE (GAP) VACCINE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Shahid Khan, on behalf of the PfSPZ-GA1 Vaccine Consortium
• OC-8723 CREATING AND ENHANCING TRUSTWORTHY, RESPONSIBLE AND EQUITABLE PARTNERSHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH (24 April, 2019) Free

  Michelle Singh, Michael Makanga, on behalf of the TRUST global ethics consortium EDCTP (South Africa)
• OC-8724 NEW VACCINES FOR A SAFER WORLD (24 April, 2019) Free

  Nathalie Imbault, Rachel Grant

ABSTRACTS OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• PO 7139 CONDITIONAL ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING TO IMPROVE ADOLESCENTS’ RETENTION AND ADHERENCE TO ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN NIGERIA: ARA TRIAL (24 April, 2019) Free

  Obinna Ekwunife, Maureen Anetoh, Stephen Kalu, George Eleje
• PO 7151 COMPARING TWO BED NET DELIVERY MODELS IN’RURAL DISTRICTS OF MOZAMBIQUE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Jorge Arroz
• PO 7167 IMPROVING USE OF LONG-LASTING INSECTICIDAL NETS IN KAYANGE COMMUNITY OF NORTH-WESTERN BURUNDI: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STUDY (24 April, 2019) Free

  Desire Habonimana, Gabriel Ndayisaba, Gideon Nimako
• PO 8168 CLINICAL UTILITY OF XPERT MTB/RIF ASSAY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN ETHIOPIA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Mulualem Tadesse, Gemeda Abebe, Danie Yilma, Ludwig Apers, Bouke De Jong, Leen Rigouts
• PO 8171 PREDICTORS OF LOSS TO FOLLOW-UP IN ART-COMMENCED PATIENTS IN NIGERIA: A 13-YEAR REVIEW (2004–2017) (24 April, 2019) Free

  Ahmad Aliyu, Babatunde Adelekan, Nifarta Andrew, Eunice Ekong, Stephen Dapiap, Fati Murtala-Ibrahim, Nicaise Ndembi, Iboro Nta, Charles Mensah, Patrick Dakum
• PO 8179 MEAN LEVELS OF ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS CHAPERONE PROTEIN – BINDING IMMUNOGLOBULIN PROTEIN (BIP) DECREASES FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL TB TREATMENT (24 April, 2019) Free

  Bongani Motaung, Andre G Loxton
• PO 8182 INVESTIGATING TREATMENT RESPONSE OF PATIENTS WITH CONFIRMED DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN AN HIV-1-ENDEMIC POPULATION IN WESTERN KENYA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Clement Shiluli, Collins Ouma, Jeremiah Khayumbi, Wilfred Murithi, Albert Ochieng, Susan Musau
• PO 8190 RISK FACTORS OF SEVERE HEPATOTOXICITY AMONG HIV-1 PATIENTS INITIATED ON HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN THE NORTHWEST REGION OF CAMEROON (24 April, 2019) Free

  Lem Edith Abongwa, Anthony N Kibera, Charles Fokunang, Judith Torimiro, Emmanuel Nshom, Irénée Domkam, Paul Okemo
• PO 8194 OPTIMISED INFORMED CONSENT FOR PARTICIPANTS IN A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL IN RURAL UGANDA: A COMPARATIVE PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY (24 April, 2019) Free

  James Ditai, Jesca Kanyago, Rachael Nambozo, Nathan Kanyago, Julian Abeso, Peter Olupot, Enitan Carrol, Melissa Gladstone, Andrew Weeks, Brian Faragher, Antonietta Medina-Lara, Julie Storr
• PO 8208 CYTOKINE PROFILES IN SUDANESE CHILDREN PRESENTED WITH SEVERE MALARIA, UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA COMPARED TO HEALTHY COMMUNITY CONTROLS ACCORDING TO WHO CRITERIA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Hamdan Hamdan, Muna El-Misbah, Tasneem El-Awad
• PO 8239 BASELINE ASSESSMENT OF LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS IN 18 COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN GHANA BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TWICE-YEARLY TREATMENT (24 April, 2019) Free

  Dziedzom De Souza, Collins Stephen Ahorlu, Joseph Otchere, Sedzro Mensah, Sudan Adu-Amankwah, Daniel Boakye
• PO 8248 DETERMINANTS OF ACCEPTABILITY OF MALARIA RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST AMONG HEALTH WORKERS IN KINTAMPO NORTH MUNICIPALITY, GHANA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Michael Anaba, Kenneth Ae-Ngebisi, Seth Owusu Agyei, Latifat Ibisomi
• PO 8249 SUBMICROSCOPIC PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM INFECTIONS IN MATCHED PERIPHERAL, PLACENTAL AND UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD SAMPLES FROM CONGOLESE WOMEN AT DELIVERY

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Yvon Mbouamboua, Félix Koukouikila-Koussounda, Jacques Van Helden, Francine Ntoumi
• PO 8254 LESSONS LEARNT FROM SCALING UP AN ONLINE SYSTEM FOR REVIEW AND MANAGEMENT OF PROTOCOLS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Prince B Ngongo, Francis Kombe, Anatoli Kamali, Carel IJsselmuiden
• PO 8261 CYTOCHROME P450 (CYP2B6*6C.516G>T) VARIANTS IN CONGOLESE INDIVIDUALS WITH HIV AND TB MONO AND DUAL INFECTIONS (24 April, 2019) Free

  Simon M Peko, Félix Koukouikila-Koussounda, Madinga Kosso Etokabeka, Nerly Gueye Gampio, Simon Ch Kobawila, Christevy Vouvoungui, Laure S Linguissi Ghoma, David Nderu, Thirumalaisamy P Velavan, Francine Ntoumi
• PO 8264 QUALITY CARE CRITERIA IN A CLINICAL TRIAL CONTEXT: PATIENT AND DAFRA AND NANORO CMA HEALTH WORKER PERCEPTIONS IN BURKINA FASO (24 April, 2019) Free

  Barry Nourou, Léa Pare Toe, Patrice Toe
• PO 8269 SELECTION OF SEVEN-MUTATION PFCRT-PFMDR1 GENOTYPE AFTER SCALING-UP SEASONAL MALARIA CHEMOPREVENTION WITH SULPHADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE AND AMODIAQUINE IN MALI (24 April, 2019) Free

  Hamma Maiga, Amadou Bamadio, Aliou Traore, Nouhoum Diallo, Modibo Diarra, Issaka Sagara, Hamidou Niangaly, Samba Coumare, Boubou Sangare, Djibril Traore, Michel Vaillant, Alassane Dicko, Ogobara K Doumbo, Abdoulaye Djimde
• PO 8271 PFHRP2 GENE DELETIONS IN PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM AND SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI CO-INFECTIONS: AN EMERGING CHALLENGE FOR MALARIA RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TESTS

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Hilda Echelibe, Masumbe Netongo Palmer, Nji Akindeh, Wilfred Mbacham
• PO 8275 HEPATITIS B VIRUS IMMUNE ESCAPE MUTANTS AMONG APPARENTLY HEALTHY INHABITANTS IN IBADAN, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Adeleye S Bakarey, Ijeoma M Ifeorah, Adegboyega Akere
• PO 8276 COMMUNITY INDEX CASE APPROACH AND HIV TESTING AND COUNSELING (HTC) FOR SEXUAL PARTNERS OF HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS LOST TO FOLLOW-UP: THE EXPERIENCE OF WORLD VISION MOZAMBIQUE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Miguelhete Lisboa, Saraiva Culuze, Saimado Imputiua, Adolfo Cambule, Christine Latif
• PO 8278 BUILDING CAPACITY IN CONDUCTING CLINICAL RESEARCH IN A VIRTUAL SETTING: EXPERIENCES FROM THE EAST AFRICAN CONSORTIUM FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH (EACCR2) (24 April, 2019) Free

  Emily Nyanzi-Kabuye, Pontiano Kaleebu, Benard Kikaire, Blandina T Mmbaga, Godfrey S Mfinanga, Norbert Peshu, Maowia Mukhtar
• PO 8289 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PLASMA LEVELS OF IL-27, IL-6 CYTOKINES AND P. FALCIPARUM INFECTION IN PREGNANT WOMEN LIVING IN MBALMAYO, CAMEROON

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Balotin Fogang, Jean C Djontu, Rosette Megnekou, Lawrence Ayong
• PO 8290 INFLUENCE OF THE SICKLE CELL TRAIT ON PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM TRANSMISSION IN ASYMPTOMATIC CHILDREN

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Christelle Ngou Maffo, Antoine Berry, Isabelle Morlais, Lionnel B Feufack Donfack, Albert Bayibeki Ngano, Sandrine E Nsango, Elangwe Milo Sarah-Matio, Lawrence Ayong
• PO 8296 REDUCING LOSS TO FOLLOW-UP OF CHILDREN EXPOSED TO HIV IN THE PROVINCES OF MANICA AND SOFALA, CENTER OF MOZAMBIQUE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Lúcia da Costa Vieira, Arlete Mahumane
• PO 8300 REGIONAL CENTER FOR REGULATORY EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL TRIAL OVERSIGHT – TRAINING 2017 (24 April, 2019) Free

  Delese Darko, Yvonne Adu-Boahen
• PO 8302 IMPACT OF TWO ANNUAL ROUNDS OF MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION WITH DIHYDROARTEMISININ-PIPERAQUINE ON MALARIA TRANSMISSION IN A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY (24 April, 2019) Free

  Julia Mwesigwa, Jane Achan, Miriam Wathuo, Archibald Worwui, Nuredin Mohammed, Fatomatta Kanuteh, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Umberto D Alessandro
• PO 8313 PREDICTORS OF HEALTH INSTITUTIONAL READINESS FOR EBOLA EPIDEMIC CONTAINMENT IN NIGERIA: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING (SEM) APPROACH (24 April, 2019) Free

  Joshua Adekeye, Eustasius Musenge, Oyedunni Arulogun
• PO 8355 HOST GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS AND ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA IN SOUTHERN GHANA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Paulina Otu, Aminata Colle Lo, Ben Gyan, Yaw Afrane, Linda Eva Amoah
• PO 8356 ANGIOGENIC AND ANGIOSTATIC FACTORS IN THE SALIVA OF MALARIA PATIENTS (24 April, 2019) Free

  Cecilia Lekpor, Felix Botchway, Jonathan Stiles, Wilson O Nana
• PO 8369 BURULI ULCER: PATTERN OF PRESENTATION IN A NIGERIAN HOSPITAL (24 April, 2019) Free

  Chukwuanugo Ogbuagu, Ifeoma Enweani, Agu Maurice, Ekenechukwu Ogbuagu, Obiageli Emelumadu
• PO 8372 CULTURE-FREE APPROACHES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RIFAMPICIN RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS: THE DIAMA PROJECT (24 April, 2019) Free

  Faridath Massou, Dissou Affolabi, Corinne Merle, Gemeda Abebe, Oumou Bah Sow, Bassirou Diarra, Osman El Tayeb, Ayou Gaye Diallo, Michel Kaswa, Jean Claude Ngabonziza Semuto, Melissa Sander, Philip Supply, Bouke De Jong
• PO 8381 REGULATING CLINICAL TRIALS DURING AN EBOLA EMERGENCY: THE LIBERIAN EXPERIENCE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Theophilus Ndorbor, David Sumo, Juwe D Kercula, Ezekiel F Hallie
• PO 8382 CLINICAL AND LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF LOA LOA INFECTIONS IN GABON (24 April, 2019) Free

  Luzia Veletzky, Manego Rella Zoleko, Daniel Stelzl, Jennifer Hergeth, Lia B Dimessa Mbaginga, Christine Budke, Johannes Mischlinger, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Wolfram Metzger, Heimo Lagler, Peter G Kremsner, Benjamin Mordmüller, Michael Ramharter
• PO 8383 THE ROLE OF PLASMA B CELLS IN MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION AND DISEASE

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Awa Gindeh, Simon Donkor, Olumuyiwa Owolabi
• PO 8388 THE GLOBAL HEALTH TRAINING CENTRE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME: CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER TRACKING FOR RESEARCHERS (24 April, 2019) Free

  Elizabeth Rapa
• PO 8392 SPUTUM MYCOBACTERIUM LOAD AND CYTOKINES BIOMARKER OF STIMULATED WHOLE BLOOD CELLS IN SPUTUM SMEAR-NEGATIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS SUDANESE PATIENTS

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Mona Omer
• PO 8394 SOUTH-SOUTH AND NORTH-SOUTH CAPACITY STRENGTHENING WITHIN THE SCREENTB CONSORTIUM: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT? (24 April, 2019) Free

  Hazel Dockrell, Claudia Schacht, Gerhard Walzl
• PO 8397 VIRAL SUPPRESSION AMONG CAMEROONIAN ADULTS, ADOLESCENTS AND CHILDREN RECEIVING ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN THE ‘TEST & TREAT’ ERA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Joseph Fokam, Samuel M Sosso, Rina E Djubgang Mbadie, Yagai Bouba, Rachel Kamgaing Simo, Serge V Edimo, Alex D Nka, Tiga A Fokam, Junie F Yimga, Désiré A Takou Komego, Sylvie Moudourou, Marinette Ngo Nemb, Serge C Billong, Jean-Bosco Nfetam Elat, Vittorio Colizzi, Alexis Ndjolo
• PO 8408 DETECTION OF EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS AMONG MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS CLINICAL ISOLATES IN BOTSWANA

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Tuelo Mogashoa, Lucy Mupfumi, Thato Iketleng, Pinkie Melamu, Nametso Kelentse, Nicola Zetola, Margaret Mokomane, Letsibogo Letsibogo, Elizabeth M Streicher, Serej Ley, Ishmael Kasvosve, Sikhulile Moyo, Robin Warren, Simani Gaseitsiwe
• PO 8409 SERUM HYALURONIC ACID: A POTENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC MARKER FOR SCHISTOSOMAL PERIPORTAL FIBROSIS IN SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI-ENDEMIC AREAS

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Filimon M Haile, Elsa Hagos, Nega Berhe, Bjørn Myrvang, Svein G Gunderse
• PO 8411 MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION OF GP41 AND GP120 V3 LOOP IN HIV-1C PATIENTS FAILING SALVAGE THERAPY IN BOTSWANA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Nokuthula S Ndlovu, Kaelo Seatla
• PO 8414 EVALUATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX (MTBC) CULTURE METHODS IN MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM-ENDEMIC REGION OF WEST AFRICA

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Alieu K Faburay, Francis S Mendy, Sarjo A Gibba, Modou Lamin, Basil Sambou, Alieu Mendy, Tutty I Faal-Jawara, Florian Gehre, Jayne Sutherland, Beate Kampmann, Ousman Secka
• PO 8417 RISING TRENDS IN TB MORTALITY AMID DECLINE IN CASES NOTIFIED IN A RURAL COUNTY IN KENYA: COHORT STUDY (24 April, 2019) Free

  Moses Ngari, Osman Abdullahi, Deche Sanga, Geoffrey Katana, Annie Willetts
• PO 8418 NEW MALARIA EPIDEMIOLOGY IN COASTAL LAGOON OF BENIN: PLASMODIUM INFECTION IN ANOPHELES MELAS

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Claudiane Adigbonon, Benoît S Assogba, Luc S Djogbenou
• PO 8419 SPATIO-TEMPORAL MAPPING OF ASYMPTOMATIC AND CLINICAL MALARIA INFECTIONS REVEALS FOCI OF MALARIA TRANSMISSION FOR TARGETED CONTROL INTERVENTIONS (24 April, 2019) Free

  Makhtar Niang, Cheikh Talla, Nafissatou Diagne, Fatoutama Diene-Sarr, Cheikh Sokhna
• PO 8421 LITERATURE REVIEW OF BIOMARKERS FOR HUMAN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS POST-TREATMENT FOLLOW-UP (24 April, 2019) Free

  Lukusa Ngay, Veerle Lejon, Mumba Ngoyi
• PO 8425 THE DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF NEW URINE-BASED LEISHMANIA ANTIGEN DETECTION TESTS

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Salah Boshara
• PO 8426 DELIVERY OF POST-DISCHARGE MALARIA CHEMOPREVENTION (PMC) WITH DIHYDROARTEMESININ-PIPERAQUINE FOR MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SEVERE ANAEMIA IN MALAWI (24 April, 2019) Free

  Thandile Gondwe, Bjarne Robberstad, Mavuto Mukaka, Bjorn Blomberg, Kamija Phiri
• PO 8430 A GEOSPATIAL APPROACH TO PREDICTING DIARRHEA PREVALENCE IN NIGERIA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Oluwasegun Adetunde
• PO 8438 KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTIONS ON ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS REPORTING AMONG PATIENTS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IN RURAL UGANDA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Helen Ndagije, Victoria Nambasa, Dan Kajungu
• PO 8439 EFFECT OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM EXPOSURE ON HUMAN URINARY METABOLOMICS PROFILING

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Madeleine E Betouke Ongwe, Aswin Verhoeven, Akim Ayola Adegnika, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Oleg Mayboroda
• PO 8441 EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF SENSITIVITY OF LAMP AND REAL-TIME PCR (24 April, 2019) Free

  Jacques Kaboré, Hamidou Ilboudo, Charlie FA Compaoré, Oumou Camara, Mohamed Bamba, Hassane Sakandé, Mamadou Camara, Bruno Bucheton, Dramane Kaba, Vincent Jamonneau, Stijn Deborggraeve, Veerle Lejon
• PO 8444 CHARACTERISATION OF PATHOGENS CAUSING DIARRHOEA IN CHILDREN UNDER FIVE IN LAMBARÉNÉ, GABON (24 April, 2019) Free

  Gédéon P Manouana, Gedeon Bingoulou Matsougou, Natalie Byrne, Philipp Hofmann, mirabeau Mbong Ngwese, Pau A Nguema Moure, Jeannot Fréjus Zinsou, Jean Claude Dejon Agobe, Bayode R Adegbite, Jean R Edoa, Yabo J Honkpehedji, Matthew B.B. Mccall, Abraham S Alabi, Daniel Eibach, Peter G Kremsner, Steffen Borrmann, Ayola A Adegnika
• PO 8446 COLLABORATIVE TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH AGENDA AT KEMRI CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH, KISUMU, KENYA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Steve Wandiga, Janet Agaya, Ouma S Gurrion, Ochieng Albert Okumu, Grace Kiringa, Juliana Otieno, Geoffrey Mwai, Videlis Nduba, Stephen Munga
• PO 8447 ROBUST CLINICAL TRIALS ARE NOT ENOUGH: OVERCOMING OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES FOR IMPLEMENTING REMSTART INTERVENTION PACKAGE (TRIP STUDY) INTO ROUTINE PRACTICE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Sokoine Kivuyo, Frank Erick, Angela Loyse, Shabar Jaffar, Godfrey S Mfinanga
• PO 8448 ADVERSE DRUG REACTION TO TWO ARTEMISININ-BASED COMBINATION THERAPIES, ARTEMETHER-LUMEFANTRINE AND ARTEMISININ-PIPERAQUINE, IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA IN IBADAN, NIGERIA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Oluwafunmibi Anjorin, Catherine O Falade
• PO 8449 SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM INFECTION INCREASES THE NUMBER OF MALARIA EPISODES IN CHILDREN LIVING IN RURAL AREAS AROUND LAMBARéNé, GABON

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Jean Claude Dejon Agobé, Jean R Edoa, Yabo J Honkpehedji, Jeannot Fréjus Zinsou, Bayodé R Adegbité, Bertrand Lell, Martin P Grobusch, Benjamin Mordmüller, Ayola Akim Adegnika
• PO 8458 POLYMORPHISM OF THE PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MSP-2 GENE ASSOCIATED WITH PLACENTAL MALARIA AT THE BORGOU-ALIBORI DEPARTMENTAL HOSPITAL

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Dossou Akpéyédjé, Saadou Issifou
• PO 8460 PANDORA-ID NET (PAN-AFRICAN NETWORK FOR RAPID RESEARCH, RESPONSE, RELIEF AND PREPAREDNESS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES EPIDEMICS) (24 April, 2019) Free

  Francine Ntoumi, Francine Zumla, Giuseppe Ippolito, Francesco Vairo
• PO 8467 IMPACT OF COMMUNITY CASE MANAGEMENT OF MALARIA (CCMM) AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD: AN EVALUATIVE STUDY IN KABONGA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Ciza Bonne, Kagozi Husseni, Ciza Josephine Muhigirwa
• PO 8468 DETERMINE TB–LAM LATERAL FLOW ASSAY: DOES M. TUBERCULOSIS LINEAGE INFLUENCE ITS PERFORMANCE?

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Willy Ssengooba, Lydia Nakiyingi, Joloba Moses
• PO 8470 FIRST INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY ACTION ON AMR (24 April, 2019) Free

  Jacqueline Kisakye, Josefien Knoeff, Adrian Ruiz, Dulce Calcada, Jayasree Iyer, J Gabrielle Breugelmans
• PO 8471 A SURVEY OF CURRENT CLINICAL DATA MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Hanne Landuyt, Harry Van Loen, Bai L Dondeh, Badou M Gaye, Yven Van Herrewege
• PO 8472 EACCR-2 INSTITUTIONAL CLINICAL RESEARCH CAPACITY ASSESSMENT: CASE STUDY OF SIAYA COUNTY REFERRAL HOSPITAL, WESTERN KENYA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Patience Oduor, Mary Wambura, Geoffrey Mwai, Steve Wandiga
• PO 8473 IMPACT OF EBOLA ON SLEEPING SICKNESS IN COASTAL GUINEA: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS (2012–2017) FROM THE GUINEAN NATIONAL CONTROL PROGRAMME (24 April, 2019) Free

  Oumou Camara, Hamidou Ilboudo, Mariame Camara, Eric Ouattara, Alexandre Duvignaud, Amadou Leno, Philippe Solano, Denis Malvy, Bruno Bucheton, Mamadou Camara
• PO 8475 ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF THE LIBERIA MEDICINES AND HEALTH PRODUCTS REGULATORY AUTHORITY IN POST-MARKETING SURVEILLANCE OF IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Alexander E George, Joseph N Somwarbi, David Sumo, Guillermo Martínez Pérez, Alfredo Mayor
• PO 8476 USER EXPERIENCE OF SMS REMINDERS TO TAKE MEDICATION AMONG PREGNANT AND BREASTFEEDING WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN KILIMANJARO, TANZANIA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Kennedy M Ngowi, Eusibious Maro, Pythia T Nieuwkerk, Rob E Aarnoutse, Blandina T Mmbaga, I Marion Sumari-De Boer
• PO 8480 TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF SENDING SMS TO REMIND TAKING MEDICATION AMONG PREGNANT AND BREASTFEEDING WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN KILIMANJARO, TANZANIA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Kennedy M Ngowi, Eusibious Maro, Pythia T Nieuwkerk, Rob E Aarnoutse, Blandina T Mmbaga, I Marion Sumari-De Boer
• PO 8481 HIGH HEPATITIS B VIRUS INCIDENCE AMONG HIV-1-INFECTED TREATMENT-NAIVE ADULTS IN BOTSWANA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Bonolo B Phinius, Resego Bokete, Motswedi Anderson, Tshepiso Mbangiwa, Wonderful Choga, Sikhulile Moyo, Rosemary Musonda, Richard Marlink, Simani Gaseitsiwe
• PO 8483 ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN HIV AND OTHER STIS AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL MEN AND TRANSGENDER WOMEN IN NAIROBI, KENYA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Rodah Wanjiru, Joshua Kimani, Adrian Smith
• PO 8485 INTERFERON GAMMA RESPONSE KINETICS IN TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS AND HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS IN THE GAMBIA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Georgetta Mbayo, Mathieu Garand, Simon Donkor, Miriam Wathuo, Tom Ottenhoff, Olumuyiwa Owolabi, Jayne Sutherland
• PO 8490 PROMOTING GOOD DATA MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN CLINICAL RESEARCH IN RESOURCE-POOR SETTINGS (24 April, 2019) Free

  Harry Van Loen, Diana Arango, Hanne Landuyt, Christophe Burm, Yven Van Herrewege
• PO 8492 REPEATED ARTEMISININ-BASED TREATMENT ON MALARIA SEXUAL PARASITE DISTRIBUTION IN POPULATION LIVING IN A MALARIA-ENDEMIC AREA OF BURKINA FASO (24 April, 2019) Free

  Amidou Diarra, Issiaka Soulama, Issa Nebie, Maurice Ouattara, Moise Kabore, Benjain Sombie, Alfred B Tiono, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Sodiomon B Sirima
• PO 8495 DATA SHARING IS PART OF DATA MANAGEMENT: THE NEED FOR A HOLISTIC AND COHERENT VIEW ON RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT (24 April, 2019) Free

  Harry Van Loen, Mary Thiongo, Yven Van Herrewege
• PO 8496 ACCURACY OF DIAGNOSIS AND HAEMATOLOGICAL DIFFERENCE AMONG MALARIA PATIENTS IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN THE ASHANTI REGION OF GHANA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Abdul-Hakim Mutala, Kingsley Badu, Austine Tweneboah, Samul Agordzo, Dawood Ackom Abbas
• PO 8502 DETERMINANTS AND PREVALENCE OF PARASITE RESISTANCE AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN RECEIVING IPTP WITH SULPHADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE IN NIGERIA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Atinuke Olaleye, Noblefather Uyaiabasi, Charles Elikwu, Oladapo Walker
• PO 8503 EPIDEMIOLOGY, CO-INFECTIONS AND HAEMATOLOGICAL FEATURES OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN LIVING IN LAMBARÉNÉ, GABON (24 April, 2019) Free

  Jean Claude Dejon Agobe, Yabo J Honkpehedji, Jeannot Fréjus Zinsou, Jean-Ronald Edoa, Bayodé R Adegbite, Mohamed Duali, Fabrice L Mougeni, Bertrand Lell, Peter G Kremsner, Martin P Grobusch, Ayola Akim Adegnika
• PO 8504 EFFECT OF INCREASED USER FEES IN ACCESSING NEW TUBERCULOSIS DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES IN TANZANIA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Esther Ngadaya, Godfather Kimaro, Ramadhani Shemtandulo, Erica Sandi, Sunday Simsokwe, Oliva Nguma, Omari Kibwana, Nicholaus Mgina, Godfrey S Mfinanga
• PO 8505 LEISHMANIASIS IN ANGOLA – AN EMERGING DISEASE? (24 April, 2019) Free

  Sofia Cortes, André Pereira, Jocelyne Vasconcelos, Joana P Paixão, Joltim Quivinja, Joana De Morais Afonso, José M Cristóvão, Lenea Campino
• PO 8515 CAPACITY BUILDING IN PREPARATION FOR AN HIV VACCINE TRIAL: THE GLOBALLY RELEVANT AIDS VACCINE EUROPE-AFRICA TRIALS PARTNERSHIP (GREAT) (24 April, 2019) Free

  William Kilembe, Brenda Okech, Leslie Nielsen, Vincent Muturi-Kioi, Walter Jaoko, Gaudensia Mutua, Eduard Sanders, Juliet Mpendo, Anne Gumbe, Kundai Chinyenzi, Jan De Bont, Hester Kuipers, Alison Crook, Deborah King, Pontiano Kaleebu, Patricia Fast, Tomáš Hanke
• PO 8518 LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION DETECTION BY IGRA USING MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS ALTERNATIVE DESATURASE A1 IMMUNE-DOMINANT ANTIGEN

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Niaina Rakotosamimanana, Mark Doherty, Vaomalala Raharimanga, Vincent Richard, Brigitte Gicquel, Alimuddin Zumla, Voahangy Rasolofo
• PO 8522 ESTABLISHING AN EQUITABLE GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK FOR AN EBOLA DATA-SHARING PLATFORM (24 April, 2019) Free

  Mahmoud Sama Cherif, Elaine Craig, Samantha Strudwick, Alice Hawryszkiewycz, Laura Merson
• PO 8524 MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION OF THE NOROVIRUS STRAINS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACUTE DIARRHOEA IN CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD HOSPITALISED IN BRAZZAVILLE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Vivaldie E Mikounou Louya, Félix Koukouikila-Koussounda, Christevy Vouvoungui, Simon Ch. Kobawila, Francine Ntoumi
• PO 8527 GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY AND ASSOCIATION WITH UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA IN CONGOLESE CHILDREN CONSULTING IN A PAEDIATRIC HOSPITAL IN BRAZZAVILLE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Nerly S Gampio Gueye, Velavan P Thirumalaisamy, Christevy Vouvoungui, Simon Ch Kobawila, David Nderu, Félix Koukouikila-Koussounda, Francine Ntoumi
• PO 8529 INTRODUCING A UNIQUE RESEARCH CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM SUPPORTING PREPAREDNESS FOR EFFECTIVELY COMBATING EPIDEMIC OUTBREAKS (24 April, 2019) Free

  Nina Jamieson, Trudie Lang
• PO 8536 BIOMEDICAL ETHICS AND REGULATORY CAPACITY BUILDING PARTNERSHIP FOR PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING AFRICAN COUNTRIES (BERC-LUSO) (24 April, 2019) Free

  Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Maria A Ribeiro, Ana S Carvalho, Joana Araújo, Sofia Oliveira Martins, Ana P Martins, Filipe Mota Helder, Luís Rhodes Baião, Jorge Batista, Joana De Morais Afonso, Katiza Mangueira, Carla D Reis, Cunhate Na Banga, Tânia Sitoie
• PO 8538 STRENGTHENING SOCIAL STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN SOCIETIES TO VALUE CLINICAL RESEARCH: THE EXPERIENCE IN CONDUCTING CLINICAL TRIALS IN LAMBARéNé (24 April, 2019) Free

  Pamela C Angoissa Minsoko, Selidji T Agnandji
• PO 8542 CLINICAL ILLNESS AND OUTCOMES IN NIGERIAN CHILDREN WITH PERSISTENT EARLY-APPEARING ANAEMIA FOLLOWING ARTEMISININ-BASED COMBINATION TREATMENTS OF UNCOMPLICATED PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Kazeem Akano, Bayo Fatunmbi, Godwin Ntadom, Omobolaji T Alebiosu, Odafe Akpoborie, Chukwuebuka Okafor, Akintunde Sowunmi
• PO 8544 USE OF XPERT MTB/RIF ASSAY AND FDA MICROSCOPY RELATIVE TO MONTHLY CULTURES IN MONITORING MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN BAMAKO, MALI (24 April, 2019) Free

  Bassirou Diarra, B Aissata, Tom Decroo, Marie L Keita, Boureima Degoga, Fatimata Diallo, Bintou Fane, Gagni Coulibaly, Bocar Baya, Amadou Somboro, Yeya Dit Sadio Sarro, Suzanne Orsega, Armand Van Deun, Affolabi Dissou, Leen Rigouts, Robert L Murphy, Seydou Doumbia, Souleymane Diallo, Bouke De Jong
• PO 8549 ACHIEVING THE THIRD ‘90’ AMONG KEY POPULATIONS THROUGH A DIFFERENTIATED CARE MODEL (24 April, 2019) Free

  Maureen Akolo, Joshua Kimani, Larry Gelmon
• PO 8550 NATURE AND PREVALENCE OF MULTI-MORBIDITY IN FISHING COMMUNITIES ON LAKE VICTORIA, KENYA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Zachary Kwena, Raphael Ondondo, Catherine Makokha, Elizabeth Bukusi
• PO 8559 ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF RVSV REPLICATION ON NON-EBOLA CIRCULATING ANTIBODIES IN RVSV-ZEBOV-GP-VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS IN LAMBARÉNÉ, GABON (24 April, 2019) Free

  Armel V Ndong Mbouna, Selidji T Agnandji
• PO 8562 SECRETED OOKINETE PROTEIN AS A MARKER OF INFECTIOUS BITES FOR ASSESSING TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS AT THE POPULATION LEVEL (24 April, 2019) Free

  Kingsley Badu
• PO 8563 UNCOMMONLY HIGH AND SYMPTOMATIC PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM INFECTIONS IN GABONESE ADULTS

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Rella Zoleko Manego, Eric Koehne, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma
• PO 8564 WHAT IS CLINICAL TRIAL QUALITY? A QUALITATIVE STUDY BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS CONDUCTING CLINICAL TRIALS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Angela Lazarova, Claudia Fuchs, Christian Burri
• PO 8565 PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES AND BACTERIA DETECTED IN TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS COMPARED TO HOUSEHOLD CONTACT CONTROLS IN TANZANIA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Francis Mhimbira, Jerry Hella, Hellen Hiza, Emmanuel Mbuba, Magreth Chiryamkubi, Sebastien Gagneux, Lukas Fenner
• PO 8567 ASSOCIATION OF POLYMORPHISM RS 73885319 OF THE APOL1 GENE AND RESISTANCE/SUSCEPTIBILITY TO TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Mwamba Miaka Erick, Veerle Lejon, Hamidou Ilboudou, Philippe Solano
• PO 8569 INNOVATIVE DOMESTIC FINANCING FOR HEALTH RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (24 April, 2019) Free

  Jean De Dieu Ngirabega, Novat Twungubumwe, Nandan K Pulakkal, Prince N Bahati, Anatoli Kamali, Gibson S Kibiki
• PO 8571 CYTOKINE PROFILE IN ASYMPTOMATIC SCHOOL CHILDREN CO-INFECTED WITH HELMINTHS AND PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM IN IBADAN, SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  George Ademowo, Olawunmi Rabiu, Ganiyu Arinola, Catherine O Falade
• PO 8572 CAUSES OF HOSPITALISATION AND MORTALITY IN CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OLD, NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF GUINEA-BISSAU, 2015–2017 (24 April, 2019) Free

  Isaquel B Silva, Christian B Øland
• PO 8573 RESEARCH, MENTORSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: IS RETIREMENT AGE A HURDLE TO RESEARCH SUSTAINABILITY IN AFRICA? (24 April, 2019) Free

  Esther Ngadaya, Andrew Kitua, Barbara Castelnuovo, Blandina T Mmbaga, Leonard Mboera, Bruce Kirenga, Getnet Yimer, Maowia Mukhtar, Steve Wandiga, Addo Kwassi, Rudovick Kazwala, Bassirou Bonfoh, Pontiano Kaleebu, Yunus Mgaya, Godfrey S Mfinanga
• PO 8574 LESSONS FROM ENGAGING AND TRAINING PRIVATE AND FAITH-BASED HEALTH FACILITIES FOR THE USE OF MALARIA RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN CAMEROON (24 April, 2019) Free

  Palmer Masumbe Netongo, Irénée Domkam, Séverin D Kamdem, Franklin Maloba, Akindeh Nji, Eric Tchoupe, Amel Bidias, Becky Namboh, Sylvie Kwedi-Nolna, Barbara Athogo-Tiedeu, Russell Dacombe, Wilfred Mbacham
• PO 8575 EVOLUTION OF MALARIA MORBIDITY IN TWO VILLAGES IN KOROGWE, TANZANIA (24 April, 2019) Free

  John Lusingu, Daniel Minja, Thor Theander
• PO 8576 EFFECT OF IVERMECTIN TREATMENT ON THE FREQUENCY OF SEIZURES IN PERSONS WITH ONCHOCERCIASIS-ASSOCIATED EPILEPSY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL (24 April, 2019) Free

  Mandro Ndahura, Deby Mukendi, Françoise Nyisi, Deogracias Rossy, Joseph Siewe, Germain Abhafule, Swabra Nakato, Patrick Suykerbuyk, Joseph Siewe, An Hotterbeekx, Robert Colebunders, Sonia Menon
• PO 8578 THE ROLE OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN EDUCATING THE HEALTH WORKFORCE IN GUINEA-BISSAU (24 April, 2019) Free

  Isaquel B Silva
• PO 8580 TREATMENT RESPONSE AMONG CAMEROONIAN ADOLESCENTS RECEIVING ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN URBAN AND RURAL SETTINGS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM THE READY STUDY (24 April, 2019) Free

  Joseph Fokam, Desire Takou, Maria Santoro, Armanda Nangmo, Samuel M Sosso, Georges Teto, Vittorio Colizzi, Carlo-Federico Perno, Alexis Ndjolo
• PO 8581 ZOONOTIC VIRAL ANTIGENS SURVEILLANCE IN HEALTHY POPULATIONS LIVING IN LAMBARÉNÉ, GABON (24 April, 2019) Free

  Emmanuel Bache, Marguerite M Loembe, Selidji T Agnandji
• PO 8584 MULTIPLEXED MOLECULAR DETECTION OF MALARIA IN SIERRA LEONE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Rashid Ansumana, Joseph M Lamin, Joseph Lahai, Umaru Bangura
• PO 8585 HIV, HBV AND HCV PREVALENCE, CO-INFECTIONS, RISK FACTORS AND AWARENESS AMONG STUDENTS IN A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY (24 April, 2019) Free

  Margaret Japhet, Moses Adewumi, Adesina Olufisayo
• PO 8590 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF IGG RESPONSES TO RECOMBINANT Qβ PHAGE DISPLAYED MSP3 AND UBO5 IN DUAL HIV/MALARIA-CO-INFECTED ADULTS (24 April, 2019) Free

  Godwin Nchinda, Abel Lissom, Herve Ouambo, Malachy I Okeke, Thibeau F Tchouangueu, Loveline N Tchouangueu, Arinze S Okoli, Eric Achidi, Wilfred Mbacham, Lazare Kaptue, Charles O Esimone, Rose F Leke, Alain B Waffo
• PO 8592 WHY, WHEN AND WHERE DO NEWBORNS NOT ONLY GET SICK BUT ALSO DIE IN SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE? A CASE-CONTROL STUDY (24 April, 2019) Free

  Alexandra Vasconcelos, Swasilanne Sousa, Nelson Bandeira, João L Baptista, Maria Do Céu Machado, Filomena Pereira
• PO 8594 VALIDATION OF A VERBAL AUTOPSY QUESTIONNAIRE APPLIED TO A CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF CEREBRAL MALARIA IN BANDIAGARA AND BAMAKO, MALI (24 April, 2019) Free

  Karim Traore, Drissy Coulibaly, Abdoulaye K Kone, Ali Thera, Boureima Guindo, Bourama M Tangara, Aichatou A Diawara, Ogobara K Doumbo, Mahamadou A Thera
• PO 8595 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH VIROLOGIC FAILURE AMONG WOMEN WITH PRIOR EXPOSURE TO ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS FOR PMTCT, KISUMU, KENYA (24 April, 2019) Free

  Francis Angira, Eucabeth Awuonda, Jacinter Oruko, Oyaro Boaz, Elijah Asadhi, George Olilo
• PO 8596 ENHANCING LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS IN SAMPLES FROM CHILDREN IN THE GAMBIA

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Abigail Ayorinde, Edward G Coker, Alieu Mendy, Fatoumatta Cole, Abdou K Sillah, Francis S Mendy, Uzochukwu Egere, Beate Kampmann, Leopold D Tientcheu
• PO 8597 NEUTRALISING AND NON-NEUTRALISING ANTIBODIES RESPONSE IN HIV-1-INFECTED INDIVIDUALS FROM MOZAMBIQUE (24 April, 2019) Free

  Paloma Gonçalves, Francisco Martin, Patricia Borges, Maria Espirito Santo, Nuno Taveira, José Marcelino
• PO 8607 DETECTION OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM HISTIDINE-RICH PROTEIN 2/3(PFHRP-2/PFHRP-3) GENES DELETION AND AMINO ACID NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE VARIABILITY IN NIGERIA

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Roland Funwei, Catherine O Falade, Olusola Ojurongbe
• PO 8608 ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIPS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE VERDE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, UK AND THE INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE, PORTUGAL (24 April, 2019) Free

  Isabel I Araújo, Sandra Beleza, Maria Do Rosário Martins
• PO 8609 PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (G6PD) DEFICIENCY IN TWO P. VIVAX MALARIA-ENDEMIC AREAS IN SUDAN

  (24 April, 2019) Free

  Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid, Musab Albsheer, Mohamed Muneer, Lina Altinae, Andrew A Lover
• PO 8719 INTRODUCING A NEW AFRICA MENINGITIS NETWORK – A NORTH-SOUTH COLLABORATION (24 April, 2019) Free

  Mosepele Mosepele, Cecilia Kanyama, David Meya, Fiona Cresswell, Timothee Chammard, Henry Mwandumba, Graeme Meintjes, Godfrey S Mfinanga, Chiratidzo Ndhlovu, Joseph Jarvis
• PO 8720 IMPACT OF EXPANDED USE OF AN ONLINE ETHICS REVIEW SYSTEM IN AFRICA: A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN IAVI, COHRED, AND EDCTP WITH NATIONAL REGULATORY AGENCIES (24 April, 2019) Free

  Francis Kombe, Marzelle Haskins, Amina Mkonje Salim, Flavia Ayebazibwe, Carel IJsselmuiden