PARASITOLOGY SEMINAR SIGN-UP SHEET

Schedule for Fall 2007

Sep 10 Sep 17 Sep 24 Oct 1 Oct 8 Oct 15 Oct 22
Oct 29 Nov 5 Nov 12 Nov 19 Nov 26 Dec 3  

This schedule was last updated on December 3, 2007 .

Date Presentations
Sep 10
Organizational Meeting Top Seminar Home
 
Philip Walker, Reference Librarian    
Overview of library resources and tools in accessing the scientific literature.
Donald Trainer    
Sundar S., Jha T.K., Thakur C.P., Sinha P.K., Bhattacharya S.K. (2007) Injectable Paromomycin for Visceral Leishmaniasis in India. N Engl J Med 356: 2571-2581.
Sep 17
Lina Moses Top Seminar Home
Saijo M, Georges-Courbot M-C, Marianneau P, Romanowski V, Fukushi S, Mizutani T, Georges A-J, Kurata T, Kurane I, Morikawa S (2007) Development of Recombinant Nucleoprotein-Based Diagnostic Systems for Lassa Fever. Clin. Vaccine Immunol. 14: 1182-1189.
Brenna Adelman    
Lipner EM, Gopi PG, Subramani R, Kolappan C, Sadacharam K, Kumaran P, Prevots DR, Narayanan PR, Nutman TB, Kumaraswami V (2006) Coincident filarial, intestinal helminth, and mycobacterial infection: helminths fail to influence tuberculin reactivity, but BCG influences hookworm prevalence. Am J Trop Med Hyg 74: 841-847.
Sep 24
Melissa Goldin Top Seminar Home
Shah NS, Wright A, Bai G-H, Barrera L, Boulahbal F, Martín-Casabona N, et al. (2007) Worldwide emergence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Emerg Infect Dis 13, 380-387. [Student Abstract]
Jay Kvam    
ND Thu, A Dalsgaard, LTT Loan, KD Murrell (2007) Survey for zoonotic liver and intestinal trematode metacercariae in cultured and wild fish in An Giang Province, Vietnam. Korean J Parasitol. 45(1):45-54.
Lindsey Parsons    
Aoyama H, Hirata T, Sakugawa H, Watanabe T, Miyagi S, Maeshiro T, Chinen T, Kawane M, Zaha O, Nakayoshi T, Kinjo F, Fujita J. (2007) An inverse relationship between autoimmune liver diseases and Strongyloides stercoralis infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 76(5):972-6. [Student Abstract]
Oct 1
Jamiese Williams Top Seminar Home
Bharathi MJ, Ramakrishnan R, Meenakshi R, Mittal S, Shivakumar C, Srinivasan M (2006) Microbiological diagnosis of infective keratitis: comparative evaluation of direct microscopy and culture results. Br J Ophthalmol 90: 1271-1276.
Sundee Warren    
JC Vieira, PJ Cooper, R Lovato, T Mancero, J Rivera, R Proaño, AA López, RH Guderian, and JR Guzmán (2007) Impact of long-term treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in Ecuador: potential for elimination of infection. BMC Med. 5: 9. [Student Abstract]
Craig Kupiec    
AE Ezeamama, JF Friedman, LP Acosta, DC Bellinger, GC Langdon, DI Manalo, RM Olveda, JD Kurtis, and ST Mcgarvey (2005) Helminth infection and cognitive impairment among filipino children. Am J Trop Med Hyg 72: 540-548. [Student Abstract]
Oct 8
Arika Wadley Top Seminar Home
TW Jia, XN Zhou, XH Wang, J Utzinger, P Steinmann, XH Wu (2007) Assessment of the age-specific disability weight of chronic Schistosomiasis japonica. Bull World Health Organ.85 (6):458-65. [Student Abstract]
Megha Upadhyaya    
Abdulla M, Lim KC, Sajid M, McKerrow JH, Caffrey CR (2007) Schistosomiasis mansoni: Novel chemotherapy using a cysteine protease inhibitor. PLoS Med 4 (1): e14. [Student Abstract]
Poppy Markwell    
Guzman-Tapia, Y, Ramirez-Sierra, MJ, Escobedo-Ortegon, J, Dumonteil, E (2005) Effect of hurricane isidore on Triatoma dimidiata distribution and Chagas disease transmission risk in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Am J Trop Med Hyg 73: 1019-1025. [Student Abstract]
Oct 15
Jennifer Paulsen Top Seminar Home
CP Simmons, TNB Chau, TT Thuy, NM Tuan, DM Hoang, NT Thien, LB Lien, NT Quy, NT Hieu, TT Hien, C McElnea, P Young, S Whitehead, NT Hung and J Farrar (2007) Maternal Antibody and Viral Factors in the Pathogenesis of Dengue Virus in Infants. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 196:416-424. [Student Abstract]
Malissa Mayer    
Kung NY, Morris RS, Perkins NR, Sims LD, Ellis TM, Bissett L, et al. (2007) Risk for infection with highly pathogenic influenza A virus (H5N1) in chickens, Hong Kong, 2002. Emerg Infect Dis 13: 412-418. [Student Abstract]
Oct 22
Ashley Tillison Top Seminar Home
R Guatteoa, F Beaudeaua, M Berrib, A Rodolakisb, A Jolyc and H Seegersa (2006) Shedding routes of Coxiella burnetii in dairy cows: implications for detection and control. Vet. Res. 37, 827-833. [Student Abstract]
Esther Beeson    
Huang, DB, Zhou, J (2007) Effect of intensive handwashing in the prevention of diarrhoeal illness among patients with AIDS: a randomized controlled study. J Med Microbiol 56: 659-663.
Dennis Steverson    
Saunders, KA, Raine, T, Cooke, A, Lawrence, CE (2007) Inhibition of Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes by Gastrointestinal Helminth Infection. Infect. Immun. 75: 397-407. [Student Abstract]
Oct 29
James Mohler Seminar Home
RM Waterhouse et al. (2007) Evolutionary Dynamic of Immune-Related Genes and Pathtways in Disease-Vector Mosquitos. Science 316:1738-43. [Student Abstract]
Kim Nelson    
ID Miziara, R Weber (2006) Oral candidosis and oral hairy leukoplakia as predictors of HAART failure in Brazilian HIV-infected patients. Oral Diseases 12: 402-407. [Student Abstract]
Sarah Martin    
Ma, X.M., Bao, G.SH., Wan, J.M. et al. (2007) Therapeutic effects of Sophora moorcroftiana alkaloids in combination with albendazole in mice experimentally infected with protoscolices of Echinococcus granulosus. Braz J Med Biol Res 40, 1403-1408. [Student Abstract]
Nov 5
Allison Bradford Top Seminar Home
R Kotila, A Okesola and O Makanjuola (2007) Asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia in sickle-cell disease patients: how effective is chemoprophylaxis? J Vect Borne Dis. 44: 52-55. [Student Abstract]
Kandyce Pearson    
R.J. Dacombe, A.C. Crampin, S. Floyd, A. Randall, R. Ndhlovu, Q. Bickle and P.E.M. Fine (2007) Time delays between patient and laboratory selectively affect accuracy of helminth diagnosis, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101, 140-145. [Student Abstract]
Nov 12
Hanh Pham Seminar Home
Pasay, C, Walton, S, Fischer, K, Holt, D, McCarthy, J (2006) PCR-based assay to survey for knockdown resistance to pyrethroid acaricides in human scabies mites (Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis). Am J Trop Med 74: 649-657. [Student Abstract]
Nov 19
Shana Williams Seminar Home
M Sutton, M Sternberg, EH Koumans, G McQuillan, S Berman, and L Markowitz (2007) The Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis Infection among Reproductive-Age Women in the United States, 2001–2004. Clinical Infectious Diseases 45: 1319-1326. [Student Abstract]
Jessica Lowe    
FH Santello, E O Frare, CD dos Santos, MPA Toldo, LM Kawasse, S Zucoloto, JC do Prado Jr (2007) Melatonin treatment reduces the severity of experimental Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Journal of Pineal Research 42 (4), 359–363. [Student Abstract]
Nov 26
Charles Holt Seminar Home
Weizman, Zvi, Asli, Ghaleb, Alsheikh, Ahmed (2005) Effect of a Probiotic Infant Formula on Infections in Child Care Centers: Comparison of Two Probiotic Agents. Pediatrics 115: 5-9. [Student Abstract]
Trisha Schimek    
Laufer, Miriam K., van Oosterhout, Joep J. G., Thesing, Phillip C., Dzinjalamala, Fraction K., Hsi, Teresa, Beraho, Lorraine, Graham, Stephen M., Taylor, Terrie E., Plowe, Christopher V (2007) Malaria Treatment Efficacy among People Living with HIV: The Role of Host and Parasite Factors. Am J Trop Med Hyg 77: 627-632. [Student Abstract]
Diedria Williams    
Martin, JE, Sullivan, NJ, Enama, ME, Gordon, IJ, Roederer, M, Koup, RA, Bailer, RT, Chakrabarti, BK, Bailey, MA, Gomez, PL, Andrews, CA, Moodie, Z, Gu, L, Stein, JA, Nabel, GJ, Graham, BS (2006) A DNA Vaccine for Ebola Virus Is Safe and Immunogenic in a Phase I Clinical Trial. Clin. Vaccine Immunol. 13: 1267-1277. [Student Abstract]
Dec 3
Mary Green Top Seminar Home
Okazaki, T, Terabe, M, Catanzaro, AT, Pendleton, CD, Yarchoan, R, Berzofsky, JA (2006) Possible Therapeutic Vaccine Strategy against Human Immunodeficiency Virus Escape from Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Studied in HLA-A2 Transgenic Mice. J. Virol. 80: 10645-10651.
Benjamin Gonzalez    
Dicko A, Diemert DJ, Sagara I, Sogoba M, Niambele MB, et al (2007) Impact of a Plasmodium falciparum AMA1 Vaccine on Antibody Responses in Adult Malians. PLoS ONE 2(10): e1045. [Student Abstract]
Chris Wells    
Howard AF, Zhou G, Omlin FX (2007) Malaria mosquito control using edible fish in western Kenya: preliminary findings of a controlled study. BMC Public Health 7:199.
Labentria Brooks    
FM Fleming, S Brooker, SM Geiger, IR Caldas, R Correa-Oliveira, PJ Hotez, JM Bethony (2006) Synergistic associations between hookworm and other helminth species in a rural community in Brazil. Tropical Medicine & International Health 11: 56-64. [Student Abstract]
Mohamed Sakho    
Durand S, Marquiño W, Cabezas C, Utz G, Fiestas V, Cairo J, Puray M, Lucas C, Salas C, Gutierrez S, Arrospide N, Bacon DJ, Ruebush TK II (2007) Unusual pattern of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in the northwestern Peruvian Amazon region. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 76(4):614-8. [Student Abstract]

This schedule was last updated on December 3, 2007 .