COS 57 - Disease And Epidemiology II

Tuesday, August 8, 2017: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
D137, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Surviving a deadly pathogen: Global dynamics of white-nose syndrome
Joseph Hoyt, University of California, Santa Cruz; Kate E. Langwig, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Winifred F. Frick, University of California, Santa Cruz; A. Marm Kilpatrick, University of California, Santa Cruz
1:50 PM
 The role of pathogen diversity on the evolution of resistance
Leon Yu Zheng Li, Simon Fraser University; Jenny S Cory, Simon Fraser University
2:10 PM
 Snake fungal disease disrupts the skin microbiome of endangered Eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus)
Angela D. Kent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sarah Baker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Megan Britton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Matthew Allender, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:30 PM
 Host and population level parasite community dynamics: The role of coinfection in feline immunodeficiency virus infected African lions (Panthera leo)
Heather M. Broughton, Oregon State University; Danny Govender, South African National Parks; Erin E. Gorsich, Oregon State University; Emmanuel S. Ferron, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona; Purvance Shikwambana, South African National Parks; Anna E. Jolles, Oregon State University
2:50 PM
 The role of spatial coupling in the outbreak of avian influenza
Gabriel Gellner, Colorado State University; Colleen T. Webb, Colorado State University; Kim M. Pepin, USDA National Wildlife Research Center
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 FIV, co-infections, and nutrition are equal players in mediating immune responses in free-ranging African lions (Panthera leo)
Anna Jolles, Oregon State University; Heather M. Broughton, Oregon State University; Danny Govender, South African National Parks; Purvance Shikwambana, South African National Parks; Emmanuel Serrano Ferron, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
3:40 PM
 Local spread of a highly virulent fungal pathogen of bats
Kate E. Langwig, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Joseph Hoyt, University of California, Santa Cruz; A. Marm Kilpatrick, University of California, Santa Cruz
4:00 PM
 Long-term monitoring of Bartonella bacteria in a captive colony of fruit bats and experimental evidence of bat flies as vectors
Clifton D. McKee, Colorado State University; Colleen T. Webb, Colorado State University; Michael Y. Kosoy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Ying Bai, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Lynn M. Osikowicz, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Richard Suu-Ire, Forestry Commission of Ghana; Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu, University of Ghana; Andrew A. Cunningham, Zoological Society of London; James L. N. Wood, University of Cambridge; David T. S. Hayman, Massey University
4:20 PM
 Dynamics of foot-and-mouth disease in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer): Calf-to-calf transmission alone is incompatible with disease persistence
Erin Gorsich, Oregon State University; Simon Gubbins, The Pirbright Institute; Brianna R. Beechler, Oregon State University; Bryan Charleston, The Pirbright Institute; LinMari de Klerk-Lorist, South African State Veterinary Services; Francois Maree, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute; Eva Perez, The Pirbright Institute; Julie L. Rushmore, University of Georgia; Katherine Scott, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute; Louis van Schalkwyk, South African State Veterinary Services; Fuquan Zhang, The Pirbright Institute; Jan Medlock, Oregon State University; Anna E. Jolles, Oregon State University
4:40 PM
 Combined effects of reduced hydroperiod and pathogen exposure on amphibians experiencing endemic disease
Michel E B Ohmer, University of Pittsburgh; Laura A. Brannelly, University of Pittsburgh; Veronica Saenz, University of Pittsburgh; Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki, University of Pittsburgh
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