96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

Thursday, August 11, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

10B, Austin Convention Center

8:00 AM

Climate variability and the seasonality of Lyme Disease
Sean M. Moore, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Rebecca J. Eisen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Paul Mead, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

8:20 AM

The dual role of lizards in Lyme disease ecology in the far-western United States
Andrea Swei, San Francisco State University; Cheryl J. Briggs, University of California, Santa Barbara; Robert S. Lane, University of California - Berkeley; Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

8:40 AM

The effect of epidemiological model structure on patterns of viral diversity
Katia Koelle, Duke University; David A. Rasmussen, Duke University

9:00 AM

Modeling to evaluate management strategies for Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease
Hamish I. McCallum, Griffith University; Menna E. Jones, University of Tasmania; Nick Beeton, University of Tasmania; Rodrigo K. Hamede, University of Tasmania; James D. Bashford, University of Tasmania

9:20 AM

Reduced impact of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease at the current disease front
Menna E. Jones, University of Tasmania; Rodrigo K. Hamede, University of Tasmania; Alexandre Kreiss, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania; Katherine Belov, The University of Sydney; Anne-Maree Pearse, Tasmanian State Government; Hamish I. McCallum, Griffith University

9:40 AM

Break

9:50 AM

The ecology of an emerging tick-borne pathogen, Babesia microti: How host quality affects disease risk
Michelle H. Hersh, Eastern Michigan University; Michael Tibbetts, Bard College; Mia Strauss, Bard College; Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Felicia Keesing, Bard College

10:10 AM

Tick accumulation on vertebrate hosts: Differential susceptibility or just bad luck?
Justin M. Calabrese, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute at the National Zoological Park; Jesse Brunner, Washington State University; Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

10:30 AM

A comparison of bats and rodents as hosts for zoonotic viruses: What characteristics make a good reservoir host?
Angela D. Luis, Colorado State University

10:50 AM

Effects of elevated CO₂ and ozone on the spillover potential and dilution potential of an insect transmitted plant virus
Emily C. Pollina, Cornell University; Jed P. Sparks, Cornell University; Alison G. Power, Cornell University

11:10 AM

Barley yellow dwarf virus and its vectors differentially affect native and invasive perennial grasses in California’s coastal prairie
Tawny M. Mata, Michigan State University; Bryce W. Falk, University of California, Davis; Marcel Holyoak, University of California, Davis

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