17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases

<strong>17th</strong> INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Poster Presentations ~ Saturday, March 5, 2016
43.216 Epidemiology of dengue / dengue
hemorrhagic fever in the northern Sri Lanka
from 2009 to 2012
K. Murugananthan 1 , A. Murugananthan 2 ,
F. A. Careem 3 , F. Noordeen 1
1
Kandy (Sri Lanka), 2 Jaffna (Sri Lanka),
3
Calgary (Canada)
43.224 Thrombocytopenia and anti-platelet
antibodies in patients with chronic
hepatitis C
N. Pshenichnaya 1 , G. Gopatza 1 ,
A. Zhuravlev 2
1
Rostov-on-Don (Russian Federation),
2
Moscow (Russian Federation)
43.217 Interferon-gamma and IL-1beta activation
precede death in neonatal mice models of
central nervous system (CNS) infection by
Chikungunya virus
S. R. Nair, R. Abraham, E. Sreekumar
Thiruvananthapuram (India)
43.218 Surveillance and molecular characterization
of Rotavirus strains in hospitalized children
with gastroenteritis in West Bengal
M. K. Nayak 1 , P. Mandal 1 , N. Ganguly 1 ,
P. Niyogi 1 , C. Ghosh 2 , S. Panda 1 ,
M. Chawla-Sarkar 1
1
Kolkata (India), 2 Medinipur (India)
43.219 Prevalence of assymptomatic hepatitis B
virus among sexually active youths in a
rural community of Ebonyi state, Southeast
Nigeria
O. O. Njoku
Abakaliki (Nigeria)
43.220 Molecular diversity of Hepatitis B virus
(HBV) x gene: A preliminary report from
Kerala
O. A. Jagan 1 , M. Gopi 2 , J. N S 3 , G. Thomas 1 ,
S. Chandy 1
1
Tiruvalla (India), 2 Trivandrum (India),
3
Vellore (India)
43.221 Hepatitis B virus genotypes and unique
recombinants circulating among outpatients
in selected hospitals in Kenya
M. Ochwoto 1 , J. Kimotho 1 , J. Oyugi 1 ,
A. Andonov 2 , E. Songok 1 , C. Osiowy 2
1
Nairobi (Kenya), 2 Manitoba (Canada)
43.222 Molecular detection of enteroviruses in pigs
in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria
L. O. Olayemi
Lagos (Nigeria)
43.223 Diarrhea in adult patients with influenza B
N. Pshenichnaya 1 , A. Usatkin 1 ,
O. Shmaylenko 1 , A. Zhuravlev 2
1
Rostov-on-Don (Russian Federation),
2
Moscow (Russian Federation)
43.225 Indian experience with use of sofusbuvir
for treatment of hepatitis C virus infection:
Preliminary data from southern India
K. Radhakrishnan, A. Karunakaran, S. Jindal,
A. Raghavendran, A. Goel, S. Kattiparambil
Gangadharan, U. G. Zachariah, C. E. Eapen,
P. Abraham
Vellore (India)
43.226 Serum levels of soluble CD26, a novel
prognostic marker for acute hepatitis E
infection
A. Rafiei, M. J. Safaar
Sari (Iran)
43.227 Splenic infarction, a rare complication of
infectious mononucleosis in a patient with
no significant comorbidity: Case report and
review of the literature
A. N. Koul, A. B. Rather, G. N. Dhobi,
F. A. Bhat
Srinagar (India)
43.228 Cytokine profile in response to Chikungunya
virus (CHIKV) associated with CHIKV
polyarthritis in acute febrile patients from
South India
G. Sarangan 1 , S. Nayar 2 , G. Palani 1 , J.
Damodharan 1 , K. Muthumani 3 , P. Srikanth 1
1
Chennai (India), 2 Trivendrum (India),
3
Philadelphia, PA (USA)
43.229 Elucidation of viral load and host immune
responses as severity predictors of acute
lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTI)
mediated by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
and human metapneumovirus (hMPV)
S. Sarkar, R. K. Ratho, M. Singh, M. P. Singh,
P. A. Singh
Chandigarh (India)
43.230 Genetic variability and molecular evolution
of hepatitis B virus in HIV co-infected
patients on lamivudine based anti-retroviral
therapy: A 5 year longitudinal study
E. Amponsah-Dacosta 1 , G. Selabe 1 ,
M. P. Gededzha 1 , J. N. Rakgole 1 , J. Blackard 2 ,
J. Mphahlele 1
1
Pretoria (South Africa), 2 Cincinnati, OH
(USA)
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