Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Sendero Blrm II, Hyatt
COS 123 - Parasitism and Host-Parasite Interactions
8:00 AMCOS 123-1The impact of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi on white-footed mice: Implications for the ecology of Lyme disease
Lisa E. Schwanz, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Dustin Brisson, University of Pennsylvania, Maria Gomes-Solecki, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Richard S. Ostfeld, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
8:20 AMCOS 123-2Factors affecting parasitism in native bumblebees
Sandra D. Gillespie, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Lynn Adler, University of Massachusetts
8:40 AMCOS 123-3Nest failure paradoxically leads to higher fledgling success
Ty Tuff, University of Colorado, Chris Ray, University of Colorado, Alexander Cruz, University of Colorado
9:00 AMCOS 123-4Regional variation in tick parasitism on migrating North American songbirds: Implications for the spread of the Lyme pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi
R. Jory Brinkerhoff, Yale School of Medicine, Corrine Folsom, Yale School of Medicine, Stephen A. Bent, Yale School of Medicine, Kimberly Tsao, Yale School of Medicine, Maria Diuk-Wasser, Yale School of Medicine
9:20 AMCOS 123-5CANCELLED - Spatial dynamics of pertussis in the USA
Marc Choisy, Génétique & Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, Pejman Rohani, Odum School of Ecology
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 123-6Spatial aggregation of parasites within hosts: Biased distributions of trematode parasites in amphibian kidneys
Sarah A. Orlofske, University of Colorado at Boulder, Pieter T. J. Johnson, University of Colorado at Boulder, Brett A. Melbourne, University of Colorado at Boulder, Anna M. Schotthoefer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10:10 AMCOS 123-7Consequences of variation in disease resistance: Is there a within-species dilution effect
Rachel M. Penczykowski, Georgia Institute of Technology, Meghan A. Duffy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Spencer R. Hall, Indiana University
10:30 AMCOS 123-8Temperature-mediated pathology: Differential effects of climate change on the pathogenic trematode, R. ondatrae, and its intermediate host, H. trivolvis
Sara Hellmuth, University of Colorado, Pieter TJ Johnson, University of Colorado
10:50 AMCOS 123-9Impact of climate change on the development, survival, and overwintering potential of a parasitic nematode of barrenground caribou, Ostertagia gruehneri, on the Canadian tundra
Bryanne M. Hoar, University of Calgary, Kathreen Ruckstuhl, University of Calgary, Susan Kutz, University of Calgary

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