COS 54 - Disease Ecology IV

Wednesday, August 10, 2016: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
124/125, Ft Lauderdale Convention Center
1:30 PM
 The virulence trade-off hypothesis: Is there enough empirical support?
Miguel A. Acevedo, Universidad de Puerto Rico; Bret D. Elderd, Louisiana State University; Forrest P. Dillemuth, Louisiana State University; Andrew J Flick, Louisiana State University; Matthew J. Faldyn, Louisiana State University
1:50 PM
 Predicting the relative role of age groups in pertussis dynamics
A. I. Bento, University of Georgia; Maria A Riolo, University of Michigan; Pejman Rohani, University of Georgia
2:10 PM
 Behavioral predictors of zoonotic disease diversity in the Carnivora
Barbara Han, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; John M. Drake, University of Georgia; John L. Gittleman, University of Georgia
2:30 PM
 Managing multiple sources of uncertainty: Optimal outbreak response for foot-and-mouth disease
Matthew J. Ferrari, The Pennsylvania State University; Katriona Shea, The Pennsylvania State University; William J. M. Probert, The Pennsylvania State University; Michael J. Tildesley, University of Warwick; Christopher Jewell, Lancaster University; Matt Keeling, University of Warwick; Christopher J. Fonnesbeck, Vanderbilt University; Michael C. Runge, US Geological Survey
2:50 PM
 Environmental transmission of avian influenza A viruses in natural hosts
Susan A. Shriner, USDA National Wildlife Research Center; Clinton B. Leach, Colorado State University; J. Jeffrey Root, USDA National Wildlife Research Center; Jeremy W. Ellis, USDA National Wildlife Research Center; Kevin T. Bentler, USDA National Wildlife Research Center; Nicole L. Mooers, USDA National Wildlife Research Center; Colleen T. Webb, Colorado State University; Kim M. Pepin, USDA National Wildlife Research Center
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Specificity, durability, and epidemiological consequences of immune priming in a plant-pathogen system
Rachel M. Penczykowski, University of Helsinki; Anna-Liisa Laine, University of Helsinki
3:40 PM
 Nutrient mediation of within-host and among-host plant virus dynamics
Amy E. Kendig, University of Minnesota; Elizabeth T. Borer, University of Minnesota; Eric W. Seabloom, University of Minnesota
4:00 PM
 Ensemble modeling for epidemiological forecasts: A foot-and-mouth disease case study
Lindsay M. Beck-Johnson, Colorado State University; Tom Lindstrom, Linköping University; Michael J. Tildesley, University of Warwick; Colleen T. Webb, Colorado State University
4:40 PM Cancelled
 Exploring the potential for climate change-induced shifts in vector-borne disease risk
Erin C Welsh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Brian F. Allan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4:20 PM
 Effects of diversity, topography, and interannual climate variability on pathogen spillover
Whalen W. Dillon, North Carolina State University; Ross K. Meentemeyer, North Carolina State University
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