COS 82 - Disease Ecology and Epidemiology II

Thursday, August 7, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
104 D, Midwest Airlines Center
8:00 AM
 Spatial dynamics of a generalist plant pathogen in a fragmented landscape: Barley yellow dwarf virus in Cascade meadow systems
Sean M. Moore, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Elizabeth T. Borer, University of Minnesota; Charles Mitchell, University of North Carolina
8:20 AM
 Non-target pathogen affects the costs of resistance to viral pathogens in the wild gourd, Cucurbita pepo ssp texana
Matthew J. Ferrari, Penn State University; Andrew G. Stephenson, The Pennsylvania State University; James A. Winsor, Penn State University: Altoona
8:40 AM
 Exotic grass invasion reduces survival of Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis ticks
David J. Civitello, University of South Florida; Luke Flory, University of Florida; Keith Clay, Indiana University
9:00 AM
 Generalist fungal pathogens and seedling recruitment in a temperate mixed hardwood forest
Michelle H. Hersh, Eastern Michigan University; Rytas Vilgalys, Duke University; James Clark, Duke University
9:20 AM
 Invasive honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) increases tick-borne disease risk
Brian F. Allan, University of Illinois; Humberto P. Dutra, University of Missouri - St. Louis; Lisa S. Goessling, Washington University; Kirk Barnett, University of Missouri - St. Louis; Jonathan M. Chase, Biodiversity Synthesis Laboratory; Robert J. Marquis, University of Missouri - St. Louis; Gregory A. Storch, St. Louis Children's Hospital; Robert E. Thach, Washington University; John L. Orrock, University of Wisconsin - Madison
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Cross-immunity in the dynamics of influenza A H3N2, H1N1, and influenza B in humans
Sarah E. Cobey, University of Michigan; Lyudmila S. Karpova, Research Institute of Influenza; Ivan G. Marinich, Research Institute of Influenza; Aaron A. King, University of Michigan; Mercedes Pascual, University of Michigan,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Santa Fe Institute
10:10 AM
 Spatiotemporal dynamics of infectious diseases: Refining our understanding of seasonal drivers
Nita Bharti, Princeton University; Rebecca F. Grais, Epicentre; Matthew Ferrari, Penn State University; Bryan Grenfell, Pennsylvania State University
10:30 AM
 Pathogen dilution: Fitness effects on a highly competent host
Jennifer M. Koslow, Cornell University; Alison G. Power, Cornell University; Charles E. Mitchell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:50 AM
 The effects of chronic wasting disease on mule deer fawn recruitment to weaning
Jessie R. Dulberger, Colorado State University; Dr. Michael W. Miller, Colorado Division of Wildlife; Thompson Hobbs, Colorado State University
11:10 AM
 A novel mechanism for disease dilution: Differences in vector production among host species
Anna E. Jolles, Oregon State University; Elizabeth T. Borer, University of Minnesota; Eric Seabloom, Oregon State University
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