Ten-Minute Papers, MUVE Section: Medical Entomology

Sunday, November 10, 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting Room 18 C (Austin Convention Center)
Moderators:
Gabriel Hamer
Edward D. Walker


8:00 AM
Blood meal analysis of mosquitoes involved in a Rift Valley fever outbreak
Joel Lutomiah, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) ; David Omondi, ICIPE ; Daniel Masiga, ICIPE ; Collins Mutai, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) ; Paul O. Mireji, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology ; Juliette Ongus, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology ; Kenneth J. Linthicum, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Rosemary Sang, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
8:24 AM
Interplay of population genetics and dynamics in the genetic control of mosquitoes
Nina Alphey, University of Oxford ; Michael Bonsall, University of Oxford
8:36 AM
Apple snails and tiger mosquitoes: A curious association between two invasive species in Florida, USA
Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, University of South Florida ; Thomas R. Unnasch, University of South Florida
8:48 AM
Dengue outbreak in Pakistan: Mapping the distribution of vector mosquitoes with DNA barcodes
Muhammad Ashfaq, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph ; Paul Hebert, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph ; Jawwad Mirza, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering ; Sajjad Mirza, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
9:00 AM
West Nile virus vector (Culex spp.) and nestling host interactions in Central Virginia
Kevin Caillouët, St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District ; Lesley Bulluck, Virginia Commonwealth University
9:12 AM
Can all competent mosquito vectors equally transmit avian malaria parasites?
Jenny S. Carlson, University of California, Davis ; Erika Walther, San Francisco State University ; Rebecca Trout-Fryxell, University of California, Davis ; Sarah Staley, University of California at Davis ; Lisa Tell, University of California at Davis ; Ravinder N. M. Sehgal, San Francisco State University ; Gregory C. Lanzaro, University of California - Davis ; Anthony J. Cornel, University of California, Davis
9:24 AM
Effect of leaf type and pesticide exposure on abundance of bacterial taxa in mosquito larval habitats
Ephantus J. Muturi, University of Illinois ; Chang-Hyun Kim, University of Illinois
9:36 AM
Effects of different bacterial isolates on the hatching of Aedes aegypti eggs
Loganathan Ponnusamy, North Carolina State University ; Coby Schal, North Carolina State University ; Charles Apperson, North Carolina State University
9:48 AM
Break
10:15 AM
The effect of larval nutritional quantity on aspects of vector competence and vectorial capacity of the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi
Lillian Moller-Jacobs, The Pennsylvania State University ; Courtney Murdock, The Pennsylvania State University ; Matt Jones, The Pennsylvania State University ; Derek Sim, The Pennsylvania State University ; Matthew Thomas, The Pennsylvania State University
10:27 AM
Mosquito gut ecosystem: Metagenomic and metabolomic configuration
Jiannong Xu, New Mexico State University ; Phanidhar Kukutla, New Mexico State University ; Jinjin Jiang, New Mexico State University ; Dong Pei, New Mexico State Univerity ; Wanqin Yu, New Mexico State University ; Guiyun Yan, University of California, Irvine ; Lingling An, University of Arizona ; Hongmei Jiang, New Mexico State University ; Bo Wang, University of California Davis ; Elizabeth Glennon, University of California Davis ; Shirley Luckhart, University of California at Davis
10:39 AM
10:51 AM
Pre-treatment of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with sublethal dose of imidacloprid impairs behavioral avoidance induced by lemon oil and DEET
Fan Tong, University of Florida ; Steeve Thany, Université d’Angers ; Jeffrey R. Bloomquist, University of Florida
11:03 AM
Slowing the development of insecticide resistance in malaria mosquitoes: Application of a spatially complex simulation model
Kristine T. Edwards, Mississippi State University ; Michael Caprio, Mississippi State University ; Jerome Goddard, Mississippi State University
11:15 AM
Withdrawn
11:27 AM
Genetic control of Aedes aegypti (L.)
Luke Alphey, Oxford University and Oxitec LTD