Wednesday, August 4, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
411, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 56 - Disease and Epidemiology II
8:00 AMCOS 56-1Species extinction vs. ecosystem transformation with forest disease: Sudden Oak Death in California
Richard C. Cobb, University of Califorina Davis, Joao A. N. Filipe, University of Cambridge, Ross K. Meentemeyer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Christopher A. Gilligan, Unvirsity of Cambridge, David M. Rizzo, University of Califorina Davis
8:20 AMCOS 56-2Investigating mercury in bottlenose dolphin skin: What we have learned and where we go from here
Debra L. Miller, University of Georgia, Victoria M. Woshner, Private Contractor, Matthew J. Gray, University of Tennessee, Eloise L. Styer, University of Georgia, Katrina K. Knott, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Randall S. Wells, Chicago Zoological Society, Todd M. O'Hara, University of Alaska Fairbanks
8:40 AMCOS 56-3Vector behavior and pathogen spread: Implications of host resistance versus tolerance
Matthew P. Daugherty, UC Riverside
9:00 AMCOS 56-4The role of immune mediated co-infections on disease transmission
Isabella M. Cattadori, The Pennsylvania State University, Ash Pathak, The Pennsylvania State University, Lisa Murphy, University of Glasgow
9:20 AMCOS 56-5Within host ecology: The evolution of drug resistance in malarial parasites in immunosuppressed hosts
Edward P. Levri, Penn State Altoona, Victoria Barclay, The Pennsylvania State University, Sylvie Huijben, The Pennsylvania State University, Derek Sim, The Pennsylvania State University, Andrew F. Read, The Pennsylvania State University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 56-6Multimodal epidemics in multihost pathogens
Krisztian Magori, University of Georgia, Chris Michael, Brookwood High School, John M. Drake, University of Georgia
10:10 AMCOS 56-7Male-biased transmission of a trophically-transmitted nematode parasite
Daniel A. Grear, Pennsylvania State University, Lien Luong, Pennsylvania State University, Peter J. Hudson, Pennsylvania State University - Huck Institute of the Life Sciences
10:30 AMCOS 56-8Modeling viral and bacterial biological control of the gypsy moth
James R. Reilly, Louisiana State University, Bret D. Elderd, Louisiana State University
10:50 AMCOS 56-9Does variation in host immune function explain differences in reservoir competence among small mammals?
M. Andrea Previtali, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Rhea Hanselmann, Oregon State University, Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Felicia Keesing, Bard College, Anna E. Jolles, Oregon State University, Lynn B. Martin II, University of South Florida
11:10 AMCOS 56-10Genotypic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi detected in Ixodes scapularis larvae collected from North American songbirds
R. Jory Brinkerhoff, Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, Corrine Folsom, Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, Stephen J. Bent, Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, Kimberly Tsao, Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, Durland Fish, Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, Maria Diuk-Wasser, Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine

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