COS 103
Disease And Epidemiology III

Thursday, August 13, 2015: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
323, Baltimore Convention Center
8:00 AM
Stage-structured cannibalism reduces disease prevelance in a lepidopteran system
Benjamin G. Van Allen, Louisiana State University; Forrest P. Dillemuth, Louisiana State University; Bret D. Elderd, Louisiana State University
8:20 AM
Quantifying the relationship between intra- and interspecific transmission rates and host density in a snail symbiont system
Skylar R. Hopkins, Virginia Tech; Jeremy M. Wojdak, Radford University; Lisa K. Belden, Virginia Tech
8:40 AM
Do host stress hormones mediate individual variation in resistance and tolerance?
Laura A. Schoenle, Virginia Tech; Alana M. Dudek, Virginia Tech; Sophie Gong, Queen's University; Allyshia Van Tol, Queen's University; Nicole M. Weinstein, Virginia Tech; Ignacio T. Moore, Virginia Tech; Fran Bonier, Virginia Tech, Queen's University
9:00 AM
Fine-scale wetland characteristics modulate vector-specific and climate-dependent macroscale patterns in mosquito-borne disease incidence
Nicholas K. Skaff, Michigan State University; Kendra S. Cheruvelil, Michigan State University
9:20 AM
Spatial heterogeneity and malaria dynamics in an urban environment
Mauricio Santos-Vega, University of Chicago; Menno Bouma, University of London; Vijay Kohli, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation; Mercedes Pascual, University of Chicago
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Recovering the period of an epidemic from a viral phylogeny: Exploring the limits of modern phylogenetic analysis using disease modeling
Scott M. Duke-Sylvester, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Leslie A. Real, Emory University; Roman Biek, University of Glasgow
10:10 AM
Demographic transition and the dynamics of measles in China
Sheng Li, Grand Valley State University; Chao Ma, China CDC; Lixin Hao, China CDC; Qiru Su, China CDC; Zhijie An, China CDC; Fubao Ma, China CDC- Jiangsu Province; Shuyun Xie, China CDC- Zhejiang Province; Aiqiang Xu, China CDC- Shandong Province; Yangyang Zhang, China CDC- Henan Province; Ding Zhengrong, China CDC- Yunnan Province; Hui Li, China CDC- Gansu Province; Huaquing Wang, China CDC; Lisa Cairns, US Centers for Disease Control; Huiming Luo, China CDC; Ning Wang, China CDC; Li Li, China CDC; Matthew Ferrari, Penn State
10:30 AM
Microbial interactions influence plant-pathogen interactions in American chestnut blight
Matthew Kolp, Michigan State University; Andrew M. Jarosz, Michigan State University
10:50 AM
Potential reservoir hosts of the pathogenic chytrid fungus
Taegan A. McMahon, University of Tampa; Electra F. Scott, University of Tampa; Leah M. Joyce, University of Tampa; Nicole Ortega, University of South Florida; Jason R. Rohr, University of South Florida
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