Session: Disease And Epidemiology (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

PS 26-29

The factors that shape tick aggregation on hosts within a Lyme disease endemic area
Jordan Raquel R. Salomon, San Francisco State University; Alexandra M. Lawrence, San Francisco State University; Andrea Swei, San Francisco State University

PS 26-30

Tick microbiome affects competence for Lyme disease bacteria
Lisa I. Couper, San Francisco State University; Youyun Yang, Indiana University; Frank X Yang, Indiana University; Keith Clay, Indiana University; Andrea Swei, San Francisco State University

PS 26-31

The effect of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) on crayfish respiration and mortality
Caitlin L. Nordheim, The University of Tampa; Jeffrey M. Grim, The University of Tampa; Valeriya Bowen, The University of Tampa; Taegan A. McMahon, University of Tampa

PS 26-32

Evaluating the impact of a suspected pathogen on baldcypress seedling growth
Trey C. Hendrix, Tulane University; Miranda G. Hendrix, Tulane University; Elizabeth R. Kimbrough, Tulane University; Sunshine A. Van Bael, Tulane University

PS 26-33

Ecological factors that drive the increase in the Ixodes scapularis vector
Tam Tran, University of Pennsylvania; Dustin Brisson, University of Pennsylvania; Shane Jensen, University of Pennsylvania

PS 26-34

Understanding the susceptibility to root diseases caused by Armillaria spp. and Heterobasidion spp. in red pine (Pinus resinosa) and white pine (Pinus strobus) plantations
Ryan P. Stevens, Lakehead University; Nandakumar Kanavillil, Lakehead University; Gerardo Reyes, Lakehead University

PS 26-35

Identification of potential rodent reservoirs of pathogenic Bartonella species in a restored prairie ecosystem
Sean M Beckmann, Rockford University; Malcolm Engelbrecht, Rockford University; Fernanda Chavez, Rockford University

PS 26-36

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

PS 26-37

Resolving vector-specific and pathogen-specific differences between the East and West coast Lyme disease systems
Steven Sun, San Francisco State University; Lisa I. Couper, San Francisco State University; Andrea Swei, San Francisco State University

PS 26-38

Identifying potential reservoirs of Borrelia burgdorferi in a northern Illinois prairie ecosystem on a temporal scale
Taggart Venegas, Rockford University; Rhonda J. Freund, Rockford University; Sean M Beckmann, Rockford University

PS 26-39

Spatial distribution of Yersinia pestis found in a sentinel species across the United States while accounting for sampling uncertainty
Ian D. Buller, Emory University; A. Townsend Peterson, University of Kansas; Sarah N. Bevins, US Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services; Jeffrey C. Chandler, US Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services; Kenneth L. Gage, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases; Lance A. Waller, Emory University

PS 26-40

Re-emergent plague dynamics explained by soil-borne amoeba reservoirs
David Markman, Colorado State University; Zachary Fox, Colorado State University; Michael Antolin, Colorado State University

PS 26-41

Ecology of Schistosoma mansoni transmission: Leveraging seasonal variability for control
Larissa Anderson, University of New Mexico; Helen J. Wearing, University of New Mexico

PS 26-42

Elucidating a newly emerging tick-borne disease, Borrelia miyamotoi, in western United States
Samantha Brianne Sambado, San Francisco State University; Andrea Swei, San Francisco State University

PS 26-43

Wild plant-virus interactions: Negative effects of infection on growth, reproduction, and photosynthesis in a native perennial prairie grass
Michael P Ryskamp, Michigan State University; Ellen Cole, Michigan State University; Marisa VanDamme, Michigan State University; Carolyn Malmstrom, Michigan State University

PS 26 - Disease And Epidemiology