Host-to-host transmission studies help decipher infection risk of large-scale contact patterns in populations of threatened Gopherus agassizii

Abstract

For directly transmitted infectious diseases, contact networks present an opportunity to predict pathogen transmission though wildlife populations using natural social patterns. Care must be taken, though, to properly... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Christina Aiello (U.S. Geological Survey; Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University)
  2. Kenneth Nussear (Department of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno)
  3. Todd Esque (U.S. Geological Survey)
  4. Patrick Emblidge (Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University)
  5. Pratha Sah (Department of Biology, Georgetown University)
  6. Shweta Bansal (Department of Biology, Georgetown University)
  7. Peter Hudson (Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University)

Topic Areas

Topics: Conservation/Sustainability , Topics: Infectious Disease , Topics: Reptiles

Session

TUE-S1 » Student Presentations Session 1 (08:30 - Tuesday, 2nd August, Acropolis)