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PARENT SESSION
Tuesday, August 8, 1:30-5:00 pm
COS 41 - Disease ecology II: viruses and epidemics
L-4, Lobby Level, Cook Convention Center
Presiders: K LoGiudice

1:30 PMDrake, John*,1, Chew, Suok2, Ma, Stefan2, 1 National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA2 Ministry of Health, Singapore, Societal learning in emerging epidemics: effectiveness of interventions in the 2003 SARS outbreak in Singapore.

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1:50 PMEubanks, Micky1, Cooper, Laura1, Murphy, John1, 1 Auburn University, Auburn, AL, Fire ant - aphid mutualisms can increase the spread of aphid-vectored plant viruses.

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2:10 PMCarver, Scott*,1, Jardine, Andrew1, Weinstein, Phillip1, Spafford-Jacob, Helen1, Storey, Andrew, 1 University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia, Dryland salinity and the ecology of Ross River virus.

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2:30 PMNguyen, Hanh *,1, Rohani, Pejman1, 1 Institute of Ecology, Athens, Georgia, USA, Exploring mechanisms of whooping cough dynamics.

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2:50 PMHufnagel, Lars*,1, Brockmann, Dirk2, Geisel, Theo2, 1 Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, CA, USA2 Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany, Pandemic diseases and the aviation network.

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3:10 PM, Break.

3:20 PMBonds, Matthew*,1, Keenan, Donald1, Rohani, Pejman1, 1 University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Poverty trap intensified by disease evolution: the case of malaria.

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3:40 PMGreer, Amy*,1, Collins, James1, 1 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Spatial and temporal variation in Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV) infection prevalence in a persisting Ambystoma tigrinum population on the Kaibab Plateau, AZ.

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4:00 PMThapa, Vaskar*,1, Melcher, Ulrich1, McGlinn, Daniel 1, Roossink, Marilyn 2, Porter, Drew 2, Marvelli, Rita 2, Feldman, Tracy 2, Palmer , Michael 1, 1 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK2 The Samuel Roberts Nobel Foundation, The incidence and diversity of plant viruses in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.

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4:20 PMHolsomback, Tyla*,1, McIntyre, Nancy1, 1 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Bayou virus infection in the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris): ecological, morphological, and behavioral associations.

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4:40 PMPomeroy, Laura*,1, Bjornstad, Ottar1, 1 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Spatial dynamics of phocine distemper virus in harbor seals.

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