2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11)

PS 9-98

Green frogs harbor microbes that inhibit a deadly fungal pathogen
Ariel Kruger, Rutgers University; Peter J. Morin, Rutgers University

PS 9-99

Tracking disease and fungal community structure in chestnut blight cankers on American chestnut in Michigan and Wisconsin
Matthew Kolp, Michigan State University; Mark Double, West Virginia University; Dennis W. Fulbright, Michigan State University; William MacDonald, West Virginia University; Andrew M. Jarosz, Michigan State University

PS 9-100

Variation in phenotypic characteristics of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis predicts virulence
Kimberly Jane Cook, Washington State University; Heather Kenny, Washington State University; Nathan Hall, Washington State University; John Romansic, Washington State University; Karen L. Pope, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research station; Jonah Piovia-Scott, Washington State University

PS 9-101

A new PCR tool to investigate a potential tick vector for Babesia duncani
Kerry O'Connor, San Francisco State University; Anne M. Kjemtrup, California Department of Public Health; Patricia Conrad, University of California, Davis; Robert S. Lane, University of California - Berkeley; Melissa Yoshimizu, California Department of Public Health; Andrea Swei, San Francisco State University

PS 9-102

Geographic distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi genotypes reveal spatial structuring
Liliana Cerna, San Francisco State University; Andrea Swei, San Francisco State University

PS 9-103

Influence of vegetation density on the transmission and infection severity of coffee leaf rust in shaded coffee agriculture
Minh Chau N. Ho, University of Michigan; John H. Vandermeer, University of Michigan

PS 9-104

The effects of temperature and viscosity on cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni: Implications for transmission efficiency
Karena Ha Nguyen, University of South Florida; Jason R. Rohr, University of South Florida; Bradford Gemmell, University of South Florida

PS 9-105

Optimizing Schistosomiasis treatment timing with respect to seasonal fluctuations in the force of infection
Larissa Anderson, University of New Mexico; Helen J. Wearing, University of New Mexico

PS 9-106

Population status and incidence of Nosema in bumble bee species in Virginia
T'ai H. Roulston, University of Virginia; Samantha Heitsch, University of Virginia; Amber Slatosky, University of Virginia; Tom Akre, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

PS 9-107

Studies on the host-parasite relationship: Effects of parasite abundance and dilution on Ascogregarina barretti infection of Aedes triseriatus
Kristina M. McIntire, Illinois State University; Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University

PS 9-108

Effects of endophyte symbiosis and pathogen intraspecific variation on the growth of a fungal plant pathogen
Kayleigh R. O'Keeffe, UNC-Chapel Hill; Charles E. Mitchell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

PS 9 - Disease And Epidemiology

Meeting Information

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