PARASITOLOGY SEMINAR SIGN-UP SHEET

Schedule for Fall 2009

This schedule was last updated on November 5, 2009.

Date Presentations
Aug 24
Organizational Meeting Top Seminar Home
Aug 31
Bradley J. Waffa Top Seminar Home
CA Clay, EM Lehmer, A Previtali, S St. Jeor, and MD Dearing (2009) Contact heterogeneity in deer mice: implications for Sin Nombre virus transmission. Proc R Soc B 276: 1305-1312.
Damilola Ajayi    
SH Landis, V Lokomba, CV Ananth, J Atibu, RW Ryder, KE Hartmann, JM Thorp, A Tshefu and SR Meshnick (2009) Impact of maternal malaria and under-nutrition on intrauterine growth restriction: a prospective ultrasound study in Democratic Republic of Congo. Epidemiology and Infection 137, 294-304.
Sep 7
Labor Day -- No Class Top Seminar Home
 
Sep 14
Kaylie Tuznik Top Seminar Home
A Raghunath, F Perez-Branguli, L Smith, and JO Dolly (2008) Adeno-Associated Virus Transfer of a Gene Encoding SNAP-25 Resistant to Botulinum Toxin A Attenuates Neuromuscular Paralysis Associated with Botulism. J. Neurosci. 28: 3683-3688.
Emily Veltus    
Fichet-Calvet E, Rogers DJ, 2009 Risk Maps of Lassa Fever in West Africa. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3(3): e388.
Kathleen Westby    
LF Chaves, CL Keogh, GM Vazquez-Prokopec, UD Kitron (2009) Combined Sewage Overflow Enhances Oviposition of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Urban Areas. Journal of Medical Entomology 46, 220-226.
Taiwo Omole    
S Wanji, N Tendongfor, T Nji, ME Esum, JC Ngwa, A Nkwescheu, F Alassa, G Kamnang, PA Enyong, MM Taylor, A Hoerauf and DW Taylor (2009) Community-directed delivery of doxycycline for the treatment of onchocerciasis in areas of co-endemicity with loiasis in Cameroon. Parasites & Vectors 2:39.
Sep 21
John Kriese Top Seminar Home
MBC Diallo, AJ Anceno, B Tawatsupa, NK Tripathi, V Wangsuphachart and OV Shipin (2009) GIS-based analysis of the fate of waste-related pathogens Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia lamblia and Escherichia coli in a tropical canal network. Journal of Water and Health 7, 133–143.
Ashley Schmidt    
G Lorenzo, R Martin-Folgar, F Rodriguez, A Brun (2008) Priming with DNA plasmids encoding the nucleocapsid protein and glycoprotein precursors from Rift Valley fever virus accelerates the immune responses induced by an attenuated vaccine in sheep. Vaccine 26, 5255-5262.
Shelby Lloyd    
CBC Lima, WW Arrais-Silva, RLOR Cunha, and S Giorgio (2009) A Novel Organotellurium Compound (RT-01) as a New Antileishmanial Agent. Korean J Parasitol. 47(3): 213–218.
Sep 28
Susan Barrosse Top Seminar Home
Hochberg N, Ruiz-Tiben E, Downs P, Fagan J, Maguire, JH (2008) The Role of Case Containment Centers in the Eradication of Dracunculiasis in Togo and Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg 79: 722-728.
Katherine Adams    
Bonner PC, Schmidt WP, Belmain SR, Oshin B, Baglole D, Borchert M (2007) Poor Housing Quality Increases Risk of Rodent Infestation and Lassa Fever in Refugee Camps of Sierra Leone. Am J Trop Med Hyg 77: 169-175.
Caitlin McNally    
PCF Graf, J-P Chretien, L Ung, JC Gaydos and AL Richards (2008) Prevalence of Seropositivity to Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a Large, Demographically Diverse US Sample. Clinical Infectious Diseases 46: 70-77.
Oct 5
Diona S. Walker Top Seminar Home
DH Hamer, MP Singh, BJ Wylie, K Yeboah-Antwi, J Tuchman, M Desai, V Udhayakumar, P Gupta, MI Brooks, MM Shukla, K Awasthy, L Sabin, WB MacLeod, AP Dash and N Singh (2009) Burden of malaria in pregnancy in Jharkhand State, India. Malaria Journal 8:210.
Mary Theoktisto    
Hurt AC, Holien JK, Parker M, Kelso A, Barr IG (2009) Zanamivir-Resistant Influenza Viruses with a Novel Neuraminidase Mutation. J. Virol 83, 10366-10373.
Stephanie Love    
V Campana, L Zentilin, I Mirabile, A Kranjc, P Casanova, M Giacca, SB Prusiner, G Legname, C Zurzolo (2009) Development of antibody fragments for immunotherapy of prion diseases. Biochem. J. 418, 507-515.
Caleb Seufert    
BJ McMorran, VM Marshall, C de Graaf, KE Drysdale, M Shabbar, GK Smyth, JE Corbin, WS Alexander and SJ Foote (2009) Platelets Kill Intraerythrocytic Malarial Parasites and Mediate Survival to Infection. Science 323, 797-800.
Oct 12
Harrison Martin  Seminar Home
N Pedrini, SJ Mijailovsky, JR Girotti, R Stariolo, RM Cardozo, A Gentile and MP Juárez (2009) Control of Pyrethroid-Resistant Chagas Disease Vectors with Entomopathogenic Fungi. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009 May; 3(5): e434.
Kristine Gullo    
S Rathaur, M Yadav, S Gupta, V Anandharaman, MV Reddy (2008) Filarial glutathione-S-transferase: A potential vaccine candidate against lymphatic filariasis. Vaccine 26, 4094-4100.
Oct 19
Tony Li Top Seminar Home
Brelsfoard CL, Séchan Y, Dobson SL (2008) Interspecific Hybridization Yields Strategy for South Pacific Filariasis Vector Elimination. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2(1): e129.
Cori Pflugradt    

LR Haines, JM Thomas, AM Jackson, BA Eyford, M Razavi, CN Watson, B Gowen, REW Hancock and TW Pearson (2009) Killing of Trypanosomatid Parasites by a Modified Bovine Host Defense Peptide, BMAP-18. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 3(2): e373.

Kelly Brier San Miguel    
Pass RF, Zhang C, Evans A, Simpson T, Andrews W, Huang ML, Corey L, Hill J, Davis E, Flanigan C, Cloud G (2009) Vaccine prevention of maternal cytomegalovirus infection. N Engl J Med 360:1191-1199.
Oct 26
Nicolle Dally Top Seminar Home
BM Birmann, EC Breen, S Stuver, B Cranston, O Martínez-Maza, KI Falk, A Okayama, B Hanchard, N Mueller, M Hisada (2009) Population differences in immune marker profiles associated with human T-lymphotropic virus type I infection in Japan and Jamaica. International Journal of Cancer 124, 614-621.
Chelsea Campbell    
Long KZ, Rosado JL, Montoya Y, de Lourdes Solano M, Hertzmark E, DuPont HL, Santos JI (2007) Effect of Vitamin A and Zinc Supplementation on Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections Among Mexican Children. Pediatrics 120: e846-e855.
Renata Daconti    
DD Chadee (2009) Oviposition strategies adopted by gravid Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) as detected by ovitraps in Trinidad, West Indies (2002-2006). Acta Tropica 111, 279-283.
Michelle Keefer    
X Duan, Y Yonemitsu, B Chou, K Yoshida, S Tanaka, M Hasegawa, K Tetsutani, H Ishida, K Himeno, H Hisaeda (2009) Efficient protective immunity against Trypanosoma cruzi infection after nasal vaccination with recombinant Sendai virus vector expressing amastigote surface protein-2. Vaccine 27, 6154-6159.
Nov 2
Megan Saunders Top Seminar Home
G Augusto, P Magnussen, TK Kristensen, CC Appleton and BJ Vennervald (2009) The influence of transmission season on parasitological cure rates and intensity of infection after praziquantel treatment of Schistosoma haematobium-infected schoolchildren in Mozambique. Parasitology, in press.
Annelese Adams    
Poinsignon A, Cornelie S, Mestres-Simon M, Lanfrancotti A, Rossignol M, et al. (2008) Novel Peptide Marker Corresponding to Salivary Protein gSG6 Potentially Identifies Exposure to Anopheles Bites. PLoS ONE 3(6): e2472.
Nicole Clifton    
Smout MJ, Laha T, Mulvenna J, Sripa B, Suttiprapa S, et al. 2009 A Granulin-Like Growth Factor Secreted by the Carcinogenic Liver Fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini, Promotes Proliferation of Host Cells. PLoS Pathog 5(10): e1000611.
Samantha Moss    
CL King, P Michon, AR Shakri, A Marcotty, D Stanisic, PA Zimmerman, JL Cole-Tobian, I Mueller, and CE Chitnis (2008) Naturally acquired Duffy-binding protein-specific binding inhibitory antibodies confer protection from blood-stage Plasmodium vivax infection. PNAS 105:8363-8368.
Nov 9
Karen Boegler Seminar Home
Luby SP, Hossain MJ, Gurley ES, Ahmed B-N, Banu S, Khan SU, et al. (2009) Recurrent zoonotic transmission of Nipah virus into humans, Bangladesh, 2001–2007. Emerg Infect Dis 15, 1229-1235.
Neil Tinkham    
Denton GRW, Siegrist HG, Jano-Edwards JP (2009) Trace Elements in Pandanus (Pandanus tectorius) from a Manganese-Enriched Wetland in Southern Guam: A Possible Lytico-Bodig Connection? Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A 72: 574-576.
Maddie Perlman-Gabel    
Anh NTL, Phuong NT, Murrell KD, Johansen MV, Dalsgaard A, Thu LT, et al. (2009) Animal reservoir hosts and fish-borne zoonotic trematode infections on fish farms, Vietnam. Emerg Infect Dis 15, 540-546.
Rachel Johnson    
Mullany LC, Khatry SK, Sherchand JB, LeClerq SC, Darmstadt GL, Katz J, Gauchan P, Adhikari RK, Rana A, Tielsch JM (2008) A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of Chlorhexidine Skin Cleansing on Bacterial Colonization of Hospital-Born Infants in Nepal. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 27:505-511.
Nov 16
Jessica Malachowski Seminar Home
Baize S, Marianneau P, Loth P, Reynard S, Journeaux A, Chevallier M, Tordo N, Deubel V, Contamin H (2009) Early and Strong Immune Responses Are Associated with Control of Viral Replication and Recovery in Lassa Virus-Infected Cynomolgus Monkeys. J. Virol. 83: 5890-5903.
Raisa Glabman    
Rebecca Kreston    
Rogers M, Kropf P, Choi B-S, Dillon R, Podinovskaia M, et al. 2009 Proteophosophoglycans Regurgitated by Leishmania-Infected Sand Flies Target the L-Arginine Metabolism of Host Macrophages to Promote Parasite Survival. PLoS Pathog 5(8): e1000555.
Nell Bond    
Nov 23
No Class Seminar Home
 
Nov 30
Dave Schott Seminar Home
C Daneshvar, TME Davis, J Cox-Singh, MZ Rafa’ee, SK Zakaria, PCS Divis and B Singh. (2009) Clinical and Laboratory Features of Human Plasmodium knowlesi Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases 49, 852-860.
Erin Cloherty    
     
Dec 7
Scheduled Final Exam Period -- Will be used for presentations if necessary Top Seminar Home
 

This schedule was last updated on November 5, 2009.