COS 123 - Parasitism and Host-Parasite Interactions

Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Sendero Blrm II, Hyatt
8:00 AM
 The 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, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
8:20 AM
 Factors affecting parasitism in native bumblebees
Sandra D. Gillespie, Simon Fraser University; Lynn Adler, University of Massachusetts
8:40 AM
 Nest failure paradoxically leads to higher fledgling success
Ty Tuff, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History; Chris Ray, University of Colorado; Alexander Cruz, University of Colorado
9:00 AM
 Regional variation in tick parasitism on migrating North American songbirds: Implications for the spread of the Lyme pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi
R. Jory Brinkerhoff, University of Richmond; Corrine Folsom, Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine; Stephen A. Bent, Yale School of Medicine; Kimberly Tsao, Colorado State University; Maria Diuk-Wasser, Columbia University
9:20 AM
 CANCELLED - Spatial dynamics of pertussis in the USA
Marc Choisy, Génétique & Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses; Pejman Rohani, University of Michigan
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Spatial 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 AM
 Consequences of variation in disease resistance: Is there a within-species dilution effect
Rachel M. Penczykowski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meghan A. Duffy, University of Michigan; Spencer R. Hall, Indiana University
10:50 AM
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