ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

MUVE Section Symposium: If the Epi Triad is Host, Pathogen and Environment, Where Are the Vectors?

Tuesday, November 13, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
300 C, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizers:
Dana Nayduch
Lee W. Cohnstaedt


1:30 PM
1077
Introductory remarks: Defining the role of vectors in the epidemiological triad
Dana Nayduch, Georgia Southern University
1:40 PM
1078
Vector competence of Phlebotomus duboscqi for Leishmania major: Does the midgut bacterial community matter?
Ludek Zurek, Kansas State University ; Dinesh Erram, Kansas State University ; Kamila Koci, Kansas State University ; David Sacks, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health (NIAID, NIH)
2:00 PM
1079
The peritrophic matrix as an immune barrier in tsetse
Brian Weiss, Yale University ; Amy Savage, Yale University ; Serap Aksoy, Yale University
2:20 PM
1080
How do microbial and molecular interactions between house flies and bacteria influence vector potential?
Dana Nayduch, Georgia Southern University
2:54 PM
1080D
Withdrawn
2:40 PM
Break
2:55 PM
1081
Introductory remarks: Host-vector interactions
Lee W. Cohnstaedt, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; D. Scott McVey, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
3:00 PM
1082
Tick-host interactions in the Lyme disease system: opportunities for intervention?
Graham J. Hickling, University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture ; Jean I. Tsao, Michigan State University
3:20 PM
1083
Surveillance of Culicoides sonorensis and sentinel dairy cattle for bluetongue virus infection in California
Christie Mayo, University of California, Davis ; Bradley A. Mullens, University of California, Riverside ; Ian Gardner, Canada Excellence Research Chair - Aquatic Epidemiology ; Alec Gerry, University of California, Riverside ; Christopher M. Barker, University of California, Davis ; N. James MacLachlan, University of California, Davis
3:40 PM
1084
Vector-host interactions: Habitat or hosts play the key role?
Zainulabeuddin Syed, University of Notre Dame
4:00 PM
Intermission
4:15 PM
1085
Introductory remarks: Environment-vector interactions
Lee W. Cohnstaedt, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
4:20 PM
1086
Ixodes scapularis: Does tick population genetics influence relationships with hosts and environment?
Lorenza Beati, Georgia Southern University
4:40 PM
1087
Impact of environmental factors on the ability of mosquitoes to transmit arboviral diseases
Kenneth J. Linthicum, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Assaf Anyamba, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ; Seth Britch, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
5:00 PM
1088
Culicoides-borne arboviruses in the EU: How does scientific consensus influence policy?
Simon T. Carpenter, Institute for Animal Health
5:20 PM
1089
Concluding remarks: The vectors tie it all together
D. Scott McVey, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Lee W. Cohnstaedt, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
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