2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11)

8:00 AM

COS 34-1

Lead and mercury prevalence in bald eagles (Halieetus leucocephalus) in the mid-Atlantic USA
Andreas Eleftheriou, The University of Montana; Lisa Murphy, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine; Sallie Welte, Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Inc.

8:20 AM Cancelled

COS 34-2

Wetlands, livestock, and the distributions and species richness of the Bovidae and Muridae delineate risk of Rift Valley fever outbreaks in the African continent and Arabian Peninsula
Michael G. Walsh, University of Sydney; Allard Willem de Smalen, University of Sydney; Siobhan Mor, University of Sydney

8:40 AM

COS 34-3

Human infectious disease burdens decrease with urbanization but not with biodiversity
Chelsea L. Wood, University of Washington; Kevin D. Lafferty, USGS Western Ecological Research Center; Alex McInturff, University of California Berkeley; Hillary Young, University of California Santa Barbara; DoHyung Kim, University of Maryland

9:00 AM

COS 34-4

Defining the phenotype of mange disease in bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus)
Alynn M. Martin, University of Tasmania; Christopher Burridge, University of Tasmania; Scott Carver, University of Tasmania

9:20 AM

COS 34-5

The potential of fish to act as transport hosts for Dracunculus medinensis and D. insignis larvae
Christopher A. Cleveland, University of Georgia; Mark L. Eberhard, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Alec T. Thompson, University of Oklahoma; Stephen J. Smith, University of Georgia; Hubert Zirimwabagabo, The Carter Center; Robert B. Smith, University of Georgia; Michael J. Yabsley, University of Georgia

9:40 AM

COS 34-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 34-6

Relative epidemic potential of Zika, dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya viruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes
A. Marm Kilpatrick, University of California, Santa Cruz; Jordan E. Ruybal, Scranton University

10:10 AM

COS 34-7

Urban microclimate influences dengue dynamics in the invasive mosquito, Aedes albopictus
Michelle V. Evans, University of Georgia; Nicole Solano, Agnes Scott College; Justine Shiau, University of Georgia; Courtney Murdock, University of Georgia

10:30 AM

COS 34-8

The role of host heterogeneity in determining epidemic outcomes: Covariation between the physiological and behavioral components of pathogen transmission
Lauren A. White, University of Minnesota; James D. Forester, University of Minnesota; Meggan E. Craft, University of Minnesota

10:50 AM

COS 34-9

Insect host-pathogen interactions and tritrophic trait-mediated indirect effects
Bret D. Elderd, Louisiana State University

COS 34 - Disease And Epidemiology I

Meeting Information

Ecological Society of America