Diseases and Vector Studies

Moderator(s)

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  Melissa Nolan, PhD, MPH

  Associate Professor
  University of South Carolina, South Carolina, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:40 AM AST

  Ecologic factors contributing to West Nile virus hyperendemicity in South Carolina, USA
  

  Presenter: Melissa S. Nolan, PhD, MPH – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Kyndall Dye-Braumuller, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Kia Zellars, MS – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Madeleine Meyer, PhD – University of South Carolina
• 8:40 AM – 8:50 AM AST

  Heartworm infection rates across the Sacramento and Yolo counties
  

  Presenter: Mario Novelo, PhD – Sacramento -Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District
• 8:50 AM – 9:00 AM AST

  Lack of competence of U.S. mosquito species for circulating Oropouche virus
  

  Presenter: Alexander Ciota, PhD (he/him/his) – Arbovirus Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept of Health

  Co-Author: Anne Payne, B.S. – Arbovirus Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept of Health

  Co-Author: Jessica Stout – Arbovirus Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept of Health

  Co-Author: Peter Dumoulin – Florida Dept of Health

  Co-Author: Lea Heberlein – Florida Dept of Health

  Co-Author: Alan P. Dupuis, II – Arbovirus Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept of Health
• 9:00 AM – 9:10 AM AST

  Determining the Epidemic Potential of Ross River Virus in the Continental United States Through the Anthropophilic Disease Vector, Aedes albopictus.
  

  Presenter: Joseph Spina (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 9:10 AM – 9:20 AM AST

  Novel Tick-Borne Pathogen Candidatus Midichloriaceae Causing First Trimester Pregnancy Loss
  

  Co-Author: John Newman, MD – Vanderbilt Universityl Medical Center

  Co-Author: Caitlin Hughes, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Karen Bloch, MD, MPH, FIDSA – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Khalil Deveaux, BS – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Thao Truong, PhD, D(ABMM), M(ASCP)CM – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Behzad Naiafian, MD – University of Washington

  Presenter: Abelardo Moncayo, PhD – Tennessee Department of Health

  Co-Author: Lili Tao, MD, PhD, D(ABMM) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Joshua Lieberman, MD – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Hernán Correa, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• 9:20 AM – 9:30 AM AST

  The Effects of Climate Change on Mosquitoes and Mosquito-borne Disease in Iberia Parish, Louisiana
  

  Presenter: David L. Martin, M.S. (he/him/his) – Iberia Parish Mosquito Abatement
• 9:30 AM – 9:40 AM AST

  Validation of an internal tick RNA control for use in viral detection assays on the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni)
  

  Presenter: Kelsey Mitchell, MS – Teton County Weed & Pest District

  Co-Author: Mikenna Smith, M.S. – Teton County Weed & Pest District
• 9:40 AM – 9:50 AM AST

  When it rains it pours: Navigating the challenges of Pasco County’s lively arboviral season and enhancing emergency response strategies
  

  Presenter: Agne Prasauskas – Pasco County Mosquito Control District

  Co-Author: Adriane N. Rogers, MS (she/her/hers) – Pasco County Mosquito Control District
• 9:50 AM – 10:00 AM AST

  Wyoming’s first tick surveillance and pathogen testing program: Initial collections & Colorado Tick Fever Virus infection results
  

  Presenter: Mikenna Smith, M.S. – Teton County Weed & Pest District

  Co-Author: Kelsey Mitchell, MS – Teton County Weed & Pest District