Threads Lab is coming to ASTMH!

The Threads Lab is excited to be visiting Toronto, the capital of Ontario, this week from November 9 -13th. Multiple members of the lab will present their work at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene conference, the largest international conference in tropical medicine, hygiene, and global health. Check out all 17 presentations below!

Presentation Type	Presentation Title	Authors and co-authors
Symposium	Strategic Advocacy During Turbulent Times	Co-Chair: Jodie Curtis
Moderator: Jamie Bay Nishi
Presentation: Olivia Ngou, David Fidock
Panelist: Alison Krentel, Sarthak Das, Najiba Sardar, Fara Ndiaye, Margaret Reilly McDonnell
Symposium Organizer: Jamie Bay Nishi
Poster	Assessment of the feasibility and acceptability of different Lyme disease prevention and control strategies used in peri-urban settings in Ottawa, Canada: preliminary results	Katarina Ost, Alison Krentel, Kate Zinszer, Cindy Feng, Manisha A. Kulkarni
Poster	Alternative social mobilization strategies to improve mass drug administration coverage for onchocercaisis elimination in Mali	Diadje Tanapo, Mahamoud M Koureichi Koureichi, Abdoul Fatao Diabate, Moussa Sangare, Siaka Yamoussa Coulibaly, Salif Doumbia, Dukharmel Nazaire, Claudia Duguay, Aashka Sood, Yacouba Sangare, Modibo Keita, Eve Gatawa, Anne Heggen, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Alison Krentel
Oral	Inter-cluster contamination: a semivariance analysis of community effect ranges of malaria vector control interventions in a four-armed malaria trial in Muleba, Tanzania	Charles Thickstun, Eliud Lukole, Jacklin F. Mosha, Alphaxard Manjurano, Immo Kleinschmidt, Franklin W. Mosha, Jacques Derek Charlwood, Mark Rowland, Ann Jolly, Alice Zwerling, Natacha Protopopoff & Manisha Kulkarni
Poster	Treatment acceptability study following pilot community-based mass drug administration of moxidectin for onchocerciasis in Twifo Atti-Morkwa, Ghana	Alison Krentel, Claudia Duguay, Alfred Kwesi Manyeh, Irene Honam Tsey, Christopher Tetteh Odopey, Saviour Edem Vidzro, Abraham Rexford Oduro, Margaret Gyapong, Evelyn Acquah, Sally Kinrade, Barbara Roth, Sophie Weston, Emmanuelle Papot, Corinne Merle, Joseph Opare, Mustapha Immurana
Poster	Assessing schistosomiasis infection among children who have never been treated with praziquantel in Kalabancoro and Diema health districts, Mali	Moussa Sangare, Diadje Tanapo, Aboul Fatao Diabate, Abdoul Karim Kone, Karim Dembele,Oumar Coulibaly, Michel E. Coulibaly, Housseini Dolo, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Alison Krentel, Thomas B.Nutman
Poster	Integrated assessment of lymphatic filariasis in the Mali-Guinea border zone using combined xenomonitoring and serosurveillance after cessation of mass treatment in the Bougouni-Yanfolila unit	Lamine Soumaoro, Housseini Dolo, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Siaka Yamoussa Coulibaly, Salif Seriba Doumbia, Moussa Sangare, Abdallah Diallo, Abdoul Fatao Diabate, Michel Emmanuel Coulibaly, Ibrahima Dolo, Diadje Tanapo, Massitan Dembele, Alpha Seydou Yaro, Thomas B. Nutman
Poster	Dengue fever in Mali: evaluation of the risk of entomological transmission in Bamako urban areas	Lamine Soumaoro, Housseini Dolo, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Siaka Yamoussa Coulibaly, Salif Seriba Doumbia, Moussa Sangare, Abdallah Diallo, Abdoul Fatao Diabate, Michel Emmanuel Coulibaly, Ibrahima Dolo, Diadje Tanapo, Massitan Dembele, Alpha Seydou Yaro, Thomas B. Nutman
Poster	Awareness and perceived consequences of female genital schistosomiasis among female community members in rural Madagascar	Bureqa Hashi, Carol Vlassoff, Mbolatiana Raharinivo, Alison Krentel, Faly Hariniaina Randrianasolo, Margaret Gyapong, Kazeem Arogundade, Lauren Davies
Poster	Accelerating onchocercaisis elimination in Mali through targeted interventions simultaneously conducted	Yaya I. Coulibaly, Lamine Diarra, Mahamoud M. KOUREICHI, Abdoul F. Diabaté, Moussa Sangaré, Siaka Y. Coulibaly, Diadje Tanapo, Sekou O. Thera, Salif S. Doumbia, Yacouba Sangaré, Modibo Keita, Boubacar Guindo, Mama N. Doumbia, Anne Heggen, Benoit Dembele, Eve Gatawa, Charles Mackenzie, Daniel Boakye, Alison Krentel
Poster	Exploring the impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) co-occurring disability on access to healthcare services in Ghana	Jeremiah Wezenamo Acharibasam, Alexander Yaw Debrah, Linda Batsa Debrah, Jubin Osei-Mensah, Laura Dean, Ian Colman, Alison Krentel
Oral	Baseline assessment of ivermectin acceptability prior to the rollout of moxidectin mass drug administration for onchocerciasis control in Twifo Atti-Morkwa, Ghana	Claudia Duguay, Mustapha Immurana, Alfred K. Manyeh, Irene H. Tsey, Christopher Tetteh Odopey, Abraham R. Oduro, Saviour E. Vidzro, Evelyn Acquah, Sally Kinrade, Barbara Roth, Sophie Weston, Emmanuelle Papot, Corinne Merle, Joseph Opare, Alison Krentel
Symposium	From Pilot to Scale: Implementing Moxidectin Where It Is Needed to Support Countries' Onchocerciasis Elimination Efforts	Co-Chair: Aissatou Diawara
Presentation: Joseph Opare, Mustapha Immurana, Susana Vaz Nery, Alison Krentel, Sally Kinrade
Symposium Organizer: Barbara Roth
Poster	Enhancing Community Awareness and Local Capacity for Addressing Female Genital Schistosomiasis: Process evaluation of FAST Package Pilot Implementation in Abobo District, Gambella, Ethiopia.	Kiflom Hailu, Daniel Dana, Mio Ayana, Gelila Abraham, Yisalemush Asefa, Deborah Akurang, Tesfahun Bishaw, Kazeem Arogundade, Margaret Gyapong, Markos Ali, Kalkidan Mekete Begashaw, Karen Palacio, Zeleke Mekonnen, Alison Krentel
Poster	Exploring the consequences of Female Genital Schistosomiasis among women in endemic districts in Southern Ghana: A phenomenological study using photovoice methodology	Maxwell Dalaba, Alison Krentel, Justina Ane, Alfred Kwesi Manyeh, Margaret Gyapong
Poster	Evaluating Capacity Building for Community Health Workers in Trachoma Prevention and Referrals in Al Sabra district in Ibb, Yemen	Leen Daoud, Alison Krentel, Sami Alhaidari
Mentorship pop-up	Mentorship Pop-Up: Youth Voices Driving Advocacy Impact - The Neglected of the Neglected Diseases	Lauren Davies