COS 213 - Disease And Epidemiology 3

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM EDT

  Maintaining Resistance to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans infection despite depletion of skin defense peptides
  

  Presenting Author: Aura Y. Muniz Torres – University of Massachusetts Boston

  Coauthor: Laura K. Reinert – Vanderbilt University

  Coauthor: Louise A. Rollins-Smith – Vanderbilt University.

  Coauthor: Douglas Woodhams – University of Massachusetts Boston
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM EDT

  Helminth host specificity is shaped by evolutionary history
  

  Presenting Author: Alaina Pfenning-Butterworth – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Coauthor: Sebastian Botero-Cañola – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Coauthor: Clay Cressler, PhD – University of Nebraska - Lincoln
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EDT

  An ECOSTRESS environmentally informed statistical model for West Nile virus infection rates among mosquitoes in the Coachella Valley, CA
  

  Presenting Author: Nicholas DeFelice – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  Coauthor: Matthew Ward – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  Coauthor: krishna vemuri – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  Coauthor: meytar sorekhamer – USRA at NASA Ames Research Center

  Coauthor: Jennifer Henke – CV Mosquito and Vector Control District
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

  Application of parallel PCR and DNA sequencing for detecting remnant host DNA from the prior blood meal of Ixodes scapularis
  

  Presenting Author: William Landesman – Northern Vermont University

  Coauthor: Fan Zhang – University of North Texas Health Science Center

  Coauthor: Brian Allan – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Coauthor: Richard Ostfeld – Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies

  Coauthor: Felicia Keesing – Bard College
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EDT

  High risk landscapes of Japanese encephalitis virus outbreaks in India converge on wetlands, rainfed agriculture, wild Ardeidae, and domestic pigs and chickens
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Walsh – The University of Sydney

  Coauthor: Amrita Pattanaik – Manipal Academy of Higher Education

  Coauthor: Navya Vyas – Manipal Academy of Higher Education

  Coauthor: Deepak Saxena – Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar

  Coauthor: Cameron Webb – New South Wales Health Pathology

  Coauthor: Shailendra Sawleshwarkar – The University of Sydney

  Coauthor: Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay – Manipal Academy of Higher Education
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EDT

  Survey of Tick Communities in Corozal and Orange Walk Districts, Belize, Central America
  

  Presenting Author: Caroline Pitts – University of Notre Dame

  Coauthor: Nicole L. Achee – University of Notre Dame

  Coauthor: John P. Grieco – University of Notre Dame

  Coauthor: Alex Perkins – University of Notre Dame

  Coauthor: Stacy Mowry – University of Notre Dame

  Coauthor: Donovan Leiva – University of Notre Dame

  Coauthor: Marla Magana-Cansino – Belize Vector and Ecology Center

  Coauthor: Marie Pott – Belize Vector and Ecology Center

  Coauthor: Alvaro Cruz – Belize Vector and Ecology Center

  Coauthor: Jailene Castillo – Belize Vector and Ecology Center

  Coauthor: Benedicte Fustec – University of Notre Dame