PS 34
Disease And Epidemiology

Wednesday, August 13, 2014: 4:30 PM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall, Sacramento Convention Center
 Outbreak of waterfowl disease in the Upper Mississippi River with temperature dependent transmission rates
James P. Peirce, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse; Gregory J. Sandland, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse; Barbara Bennie, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse; Roger J. Haro, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
 Do defensive symbionts indirectly alter parasite transmission to hosts without defensive symbionts?
Skylar R. Hopkins, Virginia Tech; Jancarla M. Ocampo, Virginia Tech; Jeremy M. Wojdak, Radford University; Lisa K. Belden, Virginia Tech
 The consequences of asymmetric parasite interactions for the evolution of virulence
Patrick A. Clay, Rice University; Volker H.W. Rudolf, Rice University
 Dispersal rates of the freshwater snail symbiont, Chaetogaster limnaei, depend on host contact and host characteristics
Skylar R. Hopkins, Virginia Tech; Lindsey J. Boyle, The College of William and Mary; Lisa K. Belden, Virginia Tech; Jeremy M. Wojdak, Radford University
 Effects of plant chemistry and egg microbes on the immune response of a specialist caterpillar
Tara C. Langus, University of Nevada, Reno; Angela M. Smilanich, University of Nevada, Reno
 Response to the amphibian chytrid fungus varies among strains and species
Trang D. Nguyen, Oregon State University; Andrew R. Blaustein, Oregon State University
 Effects of Chaoborus predation on size of Pasteuria ramosa epidemics in natural Daphnia populations
Clara L. Shaw, University of Michigan; Isabella A. Oleksy, University of Michigan; Catherine Searle, University of Michigan; Dylan C. Grippi, University of Michigan; Katherine Hunsberger, University of Michigan; Meghan A. Duffy, University of Michigan
 The importance of abiotic context in the relationship between host traits and contribution to pathogen transmission
Miranda E. Welsh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; James P. Cronin, USGS National Wetland Research Center; Charles E. Mitchell, UNC-Chapel Hill
 Panmixia in the African fruit bat Eidolon helvum supports high diversity and prevalence of Bartonella infection
Clifton D. McKee, Colorado State University; Colleen T. Webb, Colorado State University; Michael Y. Kosoy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; David T. S. Hayman, Massey University
 Survey of ranavirus in central Virginia reptiles
E. Davis Carter, Hampden-Sydney College; Rachel Goodman, Associate Professor; Kristian M. Hargadon, Hampden-Sydney College
 Spatial structure influences the population dynamics of endemic cholera and its response to climate forcing in a megacity
Manojit Roy, University of Michigan, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Alexandra Livne, Howard Hughes Medical Insititute; Aaron A. King, University of Michigan; Mercedes Pascual, University of Michigan,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Santa Fe Institute
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