Ten-Minute Papers, MUVE Section: Medical Entomology 2

Sunday, November 10, 2013: 1:15 PM-5:15 PM
Meeting Room 17 A (Austin Convention Center)
Moderator:
Graham J. Hickling


1:15 PM
Aggregation behavior exhibited by blood feeding sand flies (Phlebotomus papatasi)
Matt Aubuchon, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Sandra A. Allan, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Gary G. Clark, USDA-ARS-CMAVE
1:27 PM
Bionomics of black flies and transmission of Onchocerciasis in the Imo River basin
Emmanuel C. Uttah, Cross River University of Technology
1:39 PM
Withdrawn
1:51 PM
Almost fixation in knockdown resistance alleles to pyrethroids in head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) populations from Argentina
Ariel C. Toloza, Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e Insecticidas ; Marina Ascunce, University of Florida ; David Reed, University of Florida ; Adriana Delgado, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco ; Leonor Guardia-Claps, Instituto Superior de Entomología “Dr. Abraham Willink” (INSUE ; María Gutierrez, eLaboratorio de Zoología de invertebrados II, Dpto. de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia ; Maria I. Picollo, Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e Insecticidas
2:03 PM
Swarm participation of sterile Anopheles arabiensis males on the field in Sudan
David Damiens, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture ; Tellal Ageep, Tropical Medicine Research Institute ; Fayez Ahmed, Tropical Medicine Research Institute ; Ayman Ahmed, Tropical Medicine Research Institute ; Bashir Ali, Tropical Medicine Research Institute ; Jeremie Gilles, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture ; Badria El Sayed, Tropical Medicine Research Institute ; El waleed Osman, Tropical Medicine Research Institute
2:15 PM
Eliciting renal failure in mosquitoes
Peter Piermarini, The Ohio State University ; Matthew Rouhier, The Ohio State University ; Rebecca Hine, Cornell University ; Klaus W. Beyenbach, Cornell University ; Rene Raphemot, Vanderbilt University ; Jerod Denton, Vanderbilt University
2:27 PM
Enterobacter sp.: LPS and colonization in the gut of Anopheles gambiae
Phanidhar Kukutla, New Mexico State University ; Jinjin Jiang, New Mexico State University ; Wanqin Yu, New Mexico State University ; Dong Pei, New Mexico State Univerity ; Jiannong Xu, New Mexico State University
2:39 PM
Break
2:54 PM
3:06 PM
North-South change in Ixodes scapularis host-seeking behavior contributes to profound regional variation in Lyme disease prevalence in the eastern United States
Graham J. Hickling, University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture ; Isis M. Kuczaj, Michigan State University ; Ellen Stromdahl, Army Institute of Public Health
3:18 PM
Effects of lakeshore development and restoration on the abundance and infection prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks in Vilas County, Wisconsin
Anna Schotthoefer, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation ; Daniel Haskell, Michigan Technological University ; Jennifer Meece, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation ; Jessica Lovstad, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Rebecca Osborn, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Michael Meyer, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
3:30 PM
Tick-borne pathogens prevalence in Sicilian ticks
Santo Caracappa, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia ; Alessandra Torina, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia ; Salvatore Scimeca, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia ; Rosalia D'Agostino, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia ; Valeria Blanda, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia ; Rossella Lelli, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia
3:42 PM
Tick and tick-borne disease surveillance in West Virginia
Eric J. Dotseth, West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources ; Miguella Mark-Carew, West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources
3:54 PM
Expansion of zoonotic Babesiosis and Lyme Disease and comparison with human cases in Connecticut, 2001-2010
Kirby C. Stafford, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ; Scott Williams, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ; Louis Magnarelli, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ; Starr-Hope Ertel, Connecticut Department of Public Health ; Randall Nelson, Connecticut Department of Public Health
4:06 PM
Tick feeding stimuli responsive genes: Biological characterization of Amblyomma americanum acidic chitinase
Tae Kim, Texas A & M University ; Albert Mulenga, Texas A & M University
4:18 PM
Experimental feeding of larval Amblyomma maculatum Koch and Amblyomma americanum (L.) on selected invertebrate hosts
Jose Portugal, Mississippi State University ; Jerome Goddard, Mississippi State University
4:30 PM
Intra- and inter-species comparative analysis of Amblyomma americanum serine protease inhibitor (serpin) sequences
Lindsay Porter, Texas A & M University ; Zeljko Radulovic, Texas A & M University ; Tae Kim, Texas A & M University ; Albert Mulenga, Texas A & M University
4:42 PM
Distinguishing species of Dermacentor ticks using COI DNA barcodes
Ashlin Reid, Georgia Southern University ; Dmitry Apanaskevich, Georgia Southern University ; Quentin Q. Fang, Georgia Southern University