{"id":13276,"date":"2019-12-05T08:01:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T16:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/gwach\/?p=13276"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:29:45","slug":"researchers-present-findings-at-the-2019-american-society-of-tropical-medicine-and-hygiene-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2019\/12\/05\/researchers-present-findings-at-the-2019-american-society-of-tropical-medicine-and-hygiene-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers present findings at the 2019 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, researchers from Global WACh\u2019s Gut Health and Child Survival scientific priority area attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astmh.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>68<sup>th<\/sup> annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Conference<\/strong><\/a> in National Harbor, MD.\u00a0 ASTMH founded in 1903, is the largest international scientific organization of experts dedicated to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health. \u00a0Experts envision a world free of tropical infectious diseases by generating and sharing scientific evidence, informing health policies and practices, fostering career development, recognizing excellence, and advocating for investment in tropical medicine\/global health research.<\/p>\n<p>Our researchers gave six oral presentations and presented six selected poster abstracts. \u00a0Topics ranged from childhood diarrhea and enteric diseases to implementation science approaches for mass drug administration to factors of hospitalized-based child mortality.<\/p>\n<p>Scroll below to read the abstracts.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><u>Oral presentations<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, November 21<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abstractsonline.com\/pp8\/#!\/7935\/presentation\/1234\">\u201cMinimally invasive tissue sampling among hospital-based child deaths in Blantyre, Malawi: The role of social relationships and power dynamics.\u201d <\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Dave Mankhokwe Namusanya<\/em><\/strong><em><em><em>, Sarah Lawrence, Andrew Hamuza, Cornelius Huwa, Maureen Kelley, Sassy Molyneux, Wieger Voskuijl, Donna Denno, Nicola Desmond, Dennis Chasweka<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abstractsonline.com\/pp8\/#!\/7935\/presentation\/1221\"><strong>\u201cProjected impact &amp; cost-effectiveness of high-risk targeted vs. community-based administration of azithromycin for reducing child mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/strong>\u201d<\/a> <strong><em>Rebecca Brander<\/em><\/strong><em>, Marcia Weaver, Benson Singa, Grace John-Stewart, Patricia Pavlinac, Judd Walson<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, November 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abstractsonline.com\/pp8\/#!\/7935\/presentation\/1281\">\u201cHuman milk oligosaccharides &amp; growth in HIV exposed uninfected infants in Kenya.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><em> <strong>Christine J. McGrath<\/strong>, Judd L. Walson, Lars Bode, Chloe Yonemitsu, Rose Bosire, James A. Berkley, Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, Grace C. John-Stewart<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Saturday, November 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cCorrelates of high &amp; low MDA treatment coverage: An implementation science approach\u201d<\/strong> <em><strong>Arianna Means<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cAzithromycin to improve survival: a solution for everyone?\u201d <strong><em>Judd Walson<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cClinical implications of second hit infections: epidemiology of post-discharge deaths in Africa\u201d<\/strong> <em><strong>Judd Walson<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Selected poster presentations<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abstractsonline.com\/pp8\/#!\/7935\/presentation\/6130\">&#8220;Intestinal Sampling: A Feasible Component of Postmortem Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS) Procedures&#8221;<\/a> <em>Donna M. Denno<\/em><\/strong><em><em><em>, Peter Finch, Steve Kamiza, Ta-Chiang Liu, Phillip I. Tarr, Robert Bandsma, Lisa A. Niemann, Wieger Voskuijl<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abstractsonline.com\/pp8\/#!\/7935\/presentation\/4374\"><strong>&#8220;Predictors of Shigella severity &amp; derivation of a Shigella-severity score in the Global enteric multicenter study.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> <strong><em>Patricia Pavlinac<\/em><\/strong><em><em><em> et al.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abstractsonline.com\/pp8\/#!\/7935\/presentation\/4423\"><strong>&#8220;Correlates of frequent hospitalizations in children discharged from hospital in western Kenya (Toto Bora Trial).&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> <strong><em>Rebecca Brander<\/em><\/strong><em><em><em>, Benson Singa, Kirkby Tickell, Christine McGrath, Hannah Atlas, Lucy Bunyige, Bertha Odhiambo, Grace John-Stewart, Barbra Richardson, Patricia Pavlinac, Judd Walson<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abstractsonline.com\/pp8\/#!\/7935\/presentation\/6291\">&#8220;Change in prevalence of risk factors for diarrhea mortality across a 10 yr. period between Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) and vaccine impact on diarrhea in Africa.&#8221;<\/a> <em>Emily L. Deichsel,<\/em><\/strong><em><em><em> Helen Powell, Adama M. Keita, M Jahangir Hossain, Richard Omore, Doh Sanogo, Samba O. Sow, Joquina CM Jones, Anna Roose, Dilruba Nasrin, Jennifer Verani, Mark-Alain Widdowson, Milagritos Tapia, Karen L. Kotloff<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abstractsonline.com\/pp8\/#!\/7935\/presentation\/4928\"><strong>&#8220;Prevalence &amp; correlates of stunting among children 1-59 months discharged from three hospitals in W. Kenya<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/a> <strong><em>Hannah E. Atlas<\/em><\/strong><em><em>, Rebecca L. Brander, Kirkby D. Tickell, Christine J. McGrath, Susan K. Oongo, Ingred V. Bitengo, Grace C. John-Stewart, Barbra A. Richardson, Benson O. Singa, Judd L. Walson, Patricia B. Pavlinac<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abstractsonline.com\/pp8\/#!\/7935\/presentation\/4934\"><strong>&#8220;Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in commensal E.coli from children discharged from hospital in W. Kenya<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/a> <strong><em>Stephanie N. Tornberg-Belanger<\/em><\/strong><em>, Doreen Rwigi, Rebecca L. Brander, Kirkby D. Tickell, Christine J. McGrath, Michael Muraya, Lynnete Kitheka, Nancy Onamu, Derrick Ounga, Samuel M. Kariuki, Benson O. Singa, Judd L. Walson, Patricia B. Pavlinac<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Last week, researchers from Global WACh\u2019s Gut Health and Child Survival scientific priority area attended the 68th annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Conference in National Harbor, MD.\u00a0 ASTMH founded in 1903, is the largest international scientific organization of experts dedicated to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2019\/12\/05\/researchers-present-findings-at-the-2019-american-society-of-tropical-medicine-and-hygiene-conference\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,86,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferences","category-gut-health-and-child-survival","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13276"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18656,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13276\/revisions\/18656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}