Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
La Cienega, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 117 - Disease and Epidemiology: Spread
8:00 AMCANCELLED - Dry weather induces human West Nile virus outbreaks
Guiming Wang, Mississippi State University, Jerrold L. Belant, Mississippi State University
8:20 AMHabitat fragmentation and the persistence and prevalence of multi-hostpathogens: The interaction between spatial heterogeneity and host composition
Sean M. Moore, Oregon State University, Elizabeth T. Borer, Oregon State University, Carrie A. Manore, Oregon State University, Vrushali Bokil, Oregon State University, Parviez Hosseini, The Consortium for Conservation Medicine, Wildlife Trust
8:40 AMDisease in the New West: Brucellosis increases in elk populations of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Paul Chafee Cross, US Geological Survey, Eric Cole, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Andrew P. Dobson, Princeton University, William H. Edwards, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Kenneth L. Hamlin, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Gordon Luikart, The University of Montana, Arthur D. Middleton, University of Wyoming, Brandon M. Scurlock, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, P.J. White, National Park Service
9:00 AMSpatio-temporal patterns in the intensity of West Nile virus in North America
Shannon L. LaDeau, Cary Insitute of Ecosystem Studies, Peter Marra, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Catherine A. Calder, The Ohio State University, Patrick J. Doran, The Nature Conservancy
9:20 AMTransmission dynamics of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease: Implications for developing, modelling, and testing control strategies
Hamish I. McCallum, University of Tasmania, Menna E. Jones, University of Tasmania, Shelly Lachish, University of Queensland, Nick Beeton, University of Tasmania
9:40 AMBreak
9:50 AMEpidemiological implications of virus shedding characteristics of mallards infected with Low-Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI) Viruses
Susan A. Shriner, National Wildlife Research Center, Kaci K. VanDalen, National Wildlife Research Center, Nicole L. Mooers, National Wildlife Research Center, Heather J. Sullivan, National Wildlife Research Center, Alan B. Franklin, National Wildlife Research Center
10:10 AMThe ecological niche and geographic distribution of plague in North America: Shaped by mammal reservoirs or other factors?
Sean P. Maher, Unversity of Kansas, A. Townsend Peterson, Unversity of Kansas, Christine Ellis, Kansas State University
10:30 AMPercolation-like spread of West Nile virus in New York City
John M. Drake, University of Georgia, Krisztian Magori, University of Georgia, Waheed Bajwa, New York Department of Health
10:50 AMEffects of landscape change on the ecology of tick-borne diseases in the Saint Louis, Missouri region
Brian F. Allan, Washington University, Lisa Goessling, Washington University, Robert Thach, Washington University, Jonathan Chase, Washington University
11:10 AMGlobalization, agricultural policy, and vector-borne diseases: A lesson from Taiwan
Chi-Chien Kuo, University of California, Davis, Hsi-Chieh Wang, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Ching-Lun Huang, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Douglas A. Kelt, University of California, Davis

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