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  4. 2010 SOVE Annual Conference


  6. Raleigh, NC

  7. September 26 – 30

  8. Program Chair: Ken Linthicum, USDA-ARS CMAVE, Gainesville FL

  9. Kenneth.Linthicum@ars.usda.gov


  11. Conference Theme: “Impact of Climate Change on the Ecology of Arthropod Disease Vectors.”



  14. Sunday afternoon and evening – September 26, 2010


  16. Registration (2:00 – 6:00)


  18. Board meeting (4:00 – 5:30)


  20. Reception (6:30 – 8:00)


  22. Monday – September 27, 2010


  24. Poser Set-Up (0700) – Displayed 27-29 September 2010


  26. Opening/Welcome (8:00 – 9:30) Presidential Address or Guest Speaker, and  Keynote Speaker: Compton Tucker – Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt Maryland


  28. Break (9:30 - 10:00)


  30. Symposium 1 (10:00 – 12:00) Global Change and Vector-Borne Diseases. Jerry Freier USDA-APHIS Ft. Collins CO and Chet Moore Colorado State University, Ft. Collins CO.


  32. 10:00-10:10       Introduction to symposium. Jerome E. Freier, USDA/APHIS/CEAH, Fort Collins, CO


  34. 10:10-10:30       “Globalization and the law of unintended consequences: Rapid spread of disease vectors via commerce and travel.” Chester G. Moore, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO


  36. 10:30-10:50       "Scales of climate variability and their impacts on mosquito-borne viruses." Chris Barker,Center for Vectorborne Diseases, Univ. of California, Davis, CA


  38. 10:50-11:10       “Some Challenges of Relating Climate to Vector Populations.” Greg Glass, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD


  40. 11:10-11:30       “Mosquito-borne Diseases as a Consequence of Land Use Change.” Douglas E. Norris, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD


  42. 11:30-11:50       “Prevalence of mosquito-borne viral diseases in the state of Punjab, India: A review.” Devinder Singh, Dept. of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India.


  44. 11:50-12:00       Discussion and concluding remarks: Chet Moore and Jerry Freier



  47. Lunch (12:00 – 1:00)


  49. Symposium 2 (1:00 – 3:00) Emerging Vector-Borne Pathogens, Ron Rosenberg - CDC, Fort Collins, CO


  51. Ann Powers, CDC, Arboviral Diseases Branch, Fort Collins


  53. Mike Johansson, CDC, Dengue B ranch, San Juan Puerto Rico


  55. Assaf Anyamba NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center


  57. Marina Eremeeva, CDC Rickettisial Zoonoses Branch, Atlanta


  59. Break (3:00 – 3:30)


  61. Symposium 3 (3:30 – 5:30) Ecology of higher Diptera in relation to emerging human and animal health issues Jerry Hogsette and Chris Geden USDA-ARS CMAVE, Gainesville, FL.


  63. (10 min) Complex of higher Diptera associated with livestock and poultry in Europe and the US and implications for transmission of zoonotic diseases. Jerry Hogsette, USDA, ARS, Center for Medical Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL


  65. (20 min) Mastitis in dairy heifers: Prevalence of Staphyloccus aureus genotypes among NC horn fly (Haematobia irritans) populations. Wes Watson1, Steve Denning1, Roberta Lyman2, and Kevin Anderson2.  1The Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2 Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.


  67. (20 min) Feeding ecology of house flies on dairies. Melissa Doyle, USDA,ARS, Center for Medical Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL


  69. (20 min) The role of house flies (Musca domestica) in the ecology of antibiotic resistant and virulent enterococci. Ludek Zurek, Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS


  71. (20 min) Factors contributing to survival and excretion of bacteria by house flies (Musca domestica L.).

  72. Dana Nayduch, Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA


  74. (20 min) Climate change and livestock pests in Canada.Tim Lysyk, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta


  76. (10 min) Impact of salivary gland hypertrophy virus on higher Diptera of medical and veterinary importance. Chris Geden, USDA-ARS, Center for Medical Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL



  79. Reception (6:00 – 8:00)



  82. Tuesday – September 28, 2010 – Ecological Field Trip



  85. Wednesday – September 29, 2010


  87. Poster session and continental breakfast (8:00 – 10:00)


  89. Symposium 4 (10:00 – 12:00) Ecology of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases,  Charles Apperson – North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC


  91. Symposium Title: “Changing Ecological Patterns of Tick-Borne Diseases in
    the United States”

  92. Charles Apperson: Moderator

  93. Ben Beard: “Projected Effects of Climate Change on Tick-Borne Diseases”

  94. William Nicholson: “Emergence of Rhipicephalus sanguineus as a Vector of
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever”


  96. Kevin Macaluso: “Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia and
    RMSF: A Status Report”


  98. Lorenza Beati: “Lyme Disease in the Southern US”

  99. Lunch (12:00 – 1:00)


  101. Symposium 5 (1:00 – 3:00) Student presentations. Mir Mulla - University of California, Riverside, CA

  102. Coordinator: Mir Mulla (mir.mulla@ucr.edu), Univ of California, Riverside, Ca.

  103. Moderators: Jennifer Wright (jwrig004@student.ucr.edu ) Univ of California, Riverside, Ca.

  104. Tejbir S. Sandhu (tsandhu@northwestmvcd.org) Punjabi University, Northwest Mosquito and Vector control.

  105.      

  106. Comparative survivability of GFP-expressing Streptococcus pyogenes and Salmonella typhimurium in the alimentary canal of house flies (Musca domestica L.) Rabecca Chifanzwa (rc01828@georgiasouthern.edu), Georgia Southern University


  108. Spatial and temporal persistence of Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the house fly and effects on antimicrobial peptide and lysozyme expression Christopher Evett (ce00811@georgiasouthern.edu),  Georgia Southern University


  110. Study assessing the effectiveness of wearing long lasting permethrin treated clothing for the prevention of tick bites. Meagan F. Vaughn (vaughn.meagan@gmail.com), Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC


  112. Identification of genes involved in the infection process of tick (ISE6) and human (HL-60) cells by the tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Oliva Chávez (chave028@umn.edu), Roderick Felsheim, Michael Herron, Nicole Burkhardt, Timothy Kurtti, and Ulrike Munderloh. University of Minnesota


  114. Pilot Bed bug (Cimex lectularius) population genetic structure and survey of Bartonella henselae in U.S. bed bug populations. Virna L. Saenz (vlsaenz@ncsu.edu) Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC


  116. Developing a mouse model to determine the effect of sand fly saliva on the visceralization of Leishmania chagasi. Melody Schmid (mpschmid@ucdavis.edu) Claudio Meneses, Dia-Eldin Elnaiem, and Greg Lanzaro, University of California, Davis


  118. Molecular identification of Ehrlichia spp. and host bloodmeal source in Amblyomma americanum. Jessica Harmon (jharmon4@utk.edu) Cathy Scott, Graham Hickling, and Carl Jones. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN


  120. A molecular method of identification for Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Dustin Swanson (dswanso@g.clemson.edu) Department of Entomology, Soils & Plant Sciences, Clemson University



  123. Break (3:00 – 3:30)


  125. Symposium 6 (3:30 – 5:30)   Chemical Ecology of Vectors, Uli Bernier, USDA-ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL


  127. Repellency of Plant-Based Methyl Ketones against Ticks: Brooke W Bissinger*, Nicholas W. Kimps, Jiwei Zhu, and R. Michael Roe *( brookellen@yahoo.com) Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.


  129. Semiochemicals Mediating Choice of Oviposition Site by Aedes aegypti  and Aedes albopictus -   Loganathan Ponnusamy, Ning Xu, Toshi Nojima, Katalin Böröczky , Luma Abu Ayyash, Dawn M. Wesson, Coby Schal, and Charles S. Apperson* *( apperson@unity.ncsu.edu) Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.


  131. Mosquito behavior in the presence of repellents and insecticides: Lee W. Cohnstaedt*, Ulrich Bernier, and Sandra A. Allan *(Lee.Cohnstaedt@ars.usda.gov) USDA-ARS, Center for Medical Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL.


  133. Synthesis and Evaluation of Biting Fly Repellents: Kamal Chauhan*, Ulrich R. Bernier, Jerome A. Hogsette, Jr. *(Kamal.Chauhan@ars.usda.gov) USDA-ARS, Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, MD.


  135. Mosquito Bite Reduction from Permethrin-Treated Military Uniforms: Ulrich R. Bernier* and Melynda K. Perry, *(Uli.Bernier@ars.usda.gov) USDA-ARS, Center for Medical Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL


  137. Chemical Ecology of Stable Flies, Discovery of novel repellents and their practical applications- Junwei Jerry Zhu* *(Jerry.Zhu@ars.usda.gov) USDA-ARS, Agroecosystem Management Research Unit, Lincoln, NE.



  140. Business meeting (5:30 – 6:00)


  142. Thursday – September 30, 2010


  144. Symposium 7 (8:00-10.00) Student Presentations,  Mir Mulla -University of California, Riverside, CA

  145. Coordinator: Mir Mulla (mir.mulla@ucr.edu), Univ of California, Riverside, Ca

  146. Moderators: Virna L. Saenz (vlsaenz@ncsu.edu) N. Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC

  147.                     Christopher Stone (stone.361@buckeyemail.osu.edu) Ohio State Univ, OH



  150. Regulating mosquito reproduction by manipulating insulin signaling in the fat body and ovaries. Anam Arik (anamj@email.arizona.edu), University of Arizona


  152. Vector host preferences influence transmission of multi-host pathogens: Using west nile virus as a model System. Jennifer Simpson ( jennifer.simpson@yale.edu), Yale University

  153. A putative hyperactive PiggyBac transposase: Will it be enough to overcome the genomic defenses of Aedes aegypti? Jennifer Wright (jwrig004@student.ucr.edu), Liquin Zhou, Nancy L. Craig and Peter W. Atkinson. University of California, Riverside


  155. Population dynamics of blood-fed female mosquitoes and comparative efficacy of Resting boxes in collecting them from northwestern part of Riverside County, California. Tejbir S. Sandhu (tsandhu@northwestmvcd.org), Greg Williams and Major Dhillon. Punjabi University, Northwest Mosquito and Vector control


  157. Insecticide resistance in the anthropophilic mosquitoes Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus in Macha, Zambia. Laura Norris (dnorris@jhsph.edu), John Hopkins University

  158. Sugar-feeding in relation to the mating behavior of Anopheles gambiae s.s. Christopher Stone (stone.361@buckeyemail.osu.edu) Ohio State University


  160. The role of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus nonstructural genes in infection of the enzootic mosquito vector. Joanie Kenney (jlkenney@utmb.edu), Rodion Gorchakov, A. Paige Adams and Scott Weaver. University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Pathology


  162. Comparison of development time between susceptible versus pyrethroid resistant An. gambiae strains. Dennis Otali (otalid@uab.edu), University of Alabama at Birmingham



  165. •Break (10:00-10:30)


  167. Symposium 8 (10:30 – 12:30) Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, Clair Witt – Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Silver Spring, MD


  169. Introduction. Clair Witt


  171. Jorge Pinzon (NASA) Remote sensing model for Central Asia


  173. Des Foley  (WRAIR/WRBU) (or Des Foley, we will know later): VectorMap - an online mapping resource for arthropod vectors


  175. John Greico (USUHS) and Penny Masuoka:  Ecologic niche modeling for JE vectors


  177. Mark Duffy (USAFSAM): Surveillance for human and animal vector borne diseases


  179. Lunch


  181. Symposium 9 (1330-1530) Attractants for Control of Mosquitoes and other Vectors, Rui-De Xue -  Gunter Muller


  183. Dan Kline: Overview of attractants/trapping used for control/management


  185. Woody Foster: Attractants from plant resource (most sugar) and possible for control


  187. Uli Beriner: Chemical analysis of host odors to discover attractants and inhibitors


  189. Gunter Muller: Attractive toxic sugar baits for control


  191. Rui-De Xue: Sugar selection behavior and boric acid sugar baits for control


  193. Jerry Zhu- Attractants and traps used for biting midge control


  195. Aaron Lloyd:  Attractants and traps used for biting midge control



  198. Conclusions and Closing





  203. Program Chair: Ken Linthicum – USDA-ARS, Gainesville, FL


  205. Email: Kenneth.Linthicum@ars.usda.gov


  207. Opening address 1: Global Climate Change and its Impact on Ecological Systems

  208. Compton J. Tucker – Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD


  210. Symposium 1: Global Change and Vector-Borne Diseases.

  211. Jerry Freier USDA-APHIS Ft. Collins CO and Chet Moore Colorado State University, Ft. Collins CO

  212. Description – general concepts to be addressed: how does climate change impact the spatial and temporal extent of vectors and vector-borne diseases


  214. Symposium 2: Emerging Vector-Borne Pathogens.

  215. Ron Rosenberg - CDC, Fort Collins, CO

  216. Description - general topics to be addressed: current worldwide status, role of climate in transmission, and impact of potential exotic introductions of arboviruses (such as Rift Valley fever, Japanese encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, dengue, chikungunya, etc), malaria, leishmaniasis, and ricketsioses. 


  218. Symposium 3: Ecology of Higher Diptera.

  219. Jerry Hogsette and Chris Geden USDA-ARS CMAVE, Gainesville, FL

  220. Description – general topics to be addressed: novel surveillance and control strategies for flies, impact of climate on fly distributions, populations, and control


  222. Symposium 4: Ecology of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases.

  223. Charles Apperson – North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

  224. Description – general topics to be addressed: dynamics of disease transmission, novel surveillance and control strategies, potential impact of climate on ticks and tick-borne diseases


  226. Symposium 5: Student presentations

  227. Mir Mulla - University of California, Riverside, CA

  228. Description – general topics to be addressed: Eight to ten advanced students from universities and colleges will be selected with the help and concurrence of their major professors, and invited to attend the meeting and present talks on their research programs leading toward advance degrees in all scientific disciplines related to vectors and vector-borne diseases.


  230. Symposium 6: Chemical Ecology of Vectors.

  231. Uli Bernier, USDA-ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL

  232. Description – general topics to be addressed: use of chemical ecology to develop novel repellents for area-wide and personal protection, and attractants for use in surveillance and in push-pull control strategies



  235. Symposium 7: Student presentations

  236. Mir Mulla - University of California, Riverside, CA

  237. Description – general topics to be addressed: Eight to ten advanced students from universities and colleges will be selected with the help and concurrence of their major professors, and invited to attend the meeting and present talks on their research programs leading toward advance degrees in all scientific disciplines related to vectors and vector-borne diseases.


  239. Symposium 8: Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems.

  240. Clair Witt – Armed Forces Disease Surveillance Center, Silver Spring, MD

  241. Description – general concepts to be addressed: current and future applications of RS and GIS to enhance surveillance, forecast, and mitigate vector-borne diseases


  243. Symposium 9: Attractants for Mosquito and other Vector Control.

  244. Rui-De Xue and Gunter Muller –

  245. The symposium organized by Dr. Gunter Muller

  246. Description – general topics will on control/management based on attractancy /trapping.