1:30 PM: Smith, Katherine^*,1, Gaines, Steven¹, Sax, Dov¹, Guegan, Jean-Francois², Guernier, Vanina², ¹ University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA² Génétique et Évolution des Maladies Infectieuses, Montpellier, France, The global homogenization of human parasitic and infectious diseases.

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1:50 PM: Wonham, Marjorie^*,1, Lewis, Mark¹, Renclawowicz, Joanna², van den Dreissche, Pauline³, ¹ University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada² Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland³ University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Dynamic epidemiological models for West Nile virus: Assumptions and controls.

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2:10 PM: Anderson, Tavis^*,1, Sukhdeo, Michael¹, ¹ Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, West Nile Virus: habitat-based spatial heterogeneity.

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2:30 PM: Landesman, William^*,1, Allan, Brian², Knight, Tiffany², Chase, Jonathan², ¹ Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ² Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Inter-annual associations between precipitation and human incidence of West Nile Virus in the United States.

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2:50 PM: Allan, Brian^*,1, Ryberg, Wade¹, Langerhans, R. Brian¹, Crooks, Kevin², Ostfeld, Richard³, Chase, Jonathan¹, ¹ Washington University, St. Louis, MO² Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO³ Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, A Protective Role for Avian Diversity in the United States West Nile Virus Epidemic.

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3:20 PM: Wearing, Helen^*,1, Rohani, Pejman¹, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Exploring alternative mechanisms for dengue fever dynamics.

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3:40 PM: Koelle, Katia^*,1, Pascual, Mercedes¹, Yunus, Md², ¹ University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI² International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh, What goes around comes around: Serotype cycling in cholera dynamics.

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4:00 PM: Butzler, Julia^*,1, Cottingham, Kathryn¹, ¹ Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA, Understanding the effects of the environment on Vibrio cholerae: competition between pathogenic strains.

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4:20 PM: Alonso, David^*,1, McKane, Alan², Pascual, Mercedes¹, ¹ Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA² Theory Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Machester, UK, Seasonality, instability boundaries, and stochastic amplification in epidemics.

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4:40 PM: Lehmer, Erin^*,1, Dearing, Denise¹, St. Jeor, Stephen², ¹ University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT² University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV, Anthropogenic Disturbance: A Possible Regulator of Sin Nombre Hantavirus?

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