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Southeastern Society of Parasitologists SOUTHEASTERN SOCIETY OF PARASITOLOGISTS (Affiliate of The American Society of Parasitologists) PROGRAM & ABSTRACTS April 11-13, 2019 Hosted by: University of Georgia Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases 1 SOUTHEASTERN SOCIETY OF PARASITOLOGISTS President: Reginald Blaylock Vice-President: John Stokes President - Elect: Gabriel J. Langford Council Representative: Stephen A. Bullard Past-President: Andrea Varela-Stokes Secretary-Treasurer: Renee’ Carleton PAST PRESIDENTS PAST VICE-PRESIDENTS 1969 Elon E. Byrd 2001 Cheryl D. Davis 1969 Richard E. Bradley 2001 Claire A. Fuller 1970 Burton J. Bogitsh 2002 Oscar Pung 1970 Gerald W. Benz 2002 Vina Diderrich- Faulkner 1971 Robert B. Short 2003 Vincent A. 1971 Raymond L. Kisner 2003 Jennifer Spencer Connors 1972 Felix H. Lauter 2004 Charles T. 1972 James S. McDaniel 2004 Isaure de Buron Faulkner 1973 James H. Oliver, Jr. 2005 Malcolm E. Powell 1973John V. Ernst 2005 Edwin C. Rowland 1974 A. B. Weathersby 2006 Jennifer Spencer 1974 Gerald W. Esch 2006 Michael Yabsley 1975 Reinard Harkema 2007 Claire Fuller 1975 John V. Aliff 2007 Alexa Rosypal 1976 Gerald W. Esch 2008 Vina D. Faulkner 1976 Grover C. Miller 2008 Heather Stockdale 1977 John V. Ernst 2009 Michael Yabsley 1977 Kenneth C. Corkum 2009 Shella Mitchell 1978 John McCall 2010 Alexa Rosypal 1978 Vernon Powders 2010 Derek Zelmer 1979 Grover C. Miller 2011 Isaure de Buron 1979 Raymond E. Kuhn 2011 Andrea Varela- Stokes 1980 Kenneth C. Corkum 2012 Chris Hall 1980 Jeffrey A. Butts 2012 Dennis E. Kyle 1981 Sharon Patton 2013 Derek Zelmer 1981 Larry R. McDougald 2013 Stephen A. Bullard 1982 Raymond E. Kuhn 2014 Dennis Kyle 1982 William L. Current 2014 Richard Gerhold 1983 John P. Harley 2015 Stephen A. 1983 Gayle P. Noblet 2015 Claire Fuller Bullard 1984 Jeffrey A. Butts 2016 Andrea 1984 William C. Grant 2016 Agustín Jiménez Varela-Stokes 1985 Gayle P. Noblet 2017 Andrea Varela- 1985 William B Lushbaugh 2017 John Stokes Stokes 1986 John R. Seed 2018 Reginald Blaylock 1986 Leon W. Bone 2018 John Stokes 1987 William B Lushbaugh 2019 Reginald Blaylock 1987 Robert W. Edwards 2019 John Stokes 1988 Leon W. Bone 1988 Michael D. Stuart 1989 Robert W. Edwards 1989 Rick L. Tarleton 1990 Stephen G. Kayes 1990 J. Ed Hall 1991 Michael D. Stuart 1991 Byron L. Blagburn 1992 William F. Font 1992 Larry N. Gleason 1993 Byron L. Blagburn 1993 Robin M. Overstreet 1994 Larry S. Roberts 1994 John M. Aho 1995 Leon Duobinis-Gray 1995 David S. Lindsay 1996 Robin M. Overstreet 1996 D. Bruce Conn 1997 John M. Aho 1997 George W. Benz 1998 David S. Lindsay 1998 Cheryl D. Davis 1999 D. Bruce Conn 1999 Vincent A. Connors 2000 George W. Benz 2000 Charles T. Faulkner Secretary-Treasurer Council Representative 1969-86 Mary C. Dunn 1970-71 GW Hunter III 1987-08 Sharon Patton 1972 Harry W. Leigh 2008-12 Vincent Connors 1973-74 A.B Weathersby 2014- Renee’ Carleton 1975 Richard Harkems 1976 Gerald W. Esch 1977-80 Robert B. Short 1981-83 Gerald W. Esch 2 1984-00 Sharon Patton 2001-03 Edwin C Rowland 2004-06 Isaure de Buron 2007 Michael Yabsley 2008-10 Sharon Patton 2010-17 Bruce Conn 2017- Stephen A. Bullard Past Award Recipients Meritorious Service Award Byrd-Dunn Graduate Student 1983 Robert B. Short 1975 William F. Font 1985 James H. Oliver, Jr. 1976 Hugh M. Turner 1986 A.B. Weathersby 1977 Raymond S. Kutzman 1990 Grover C. Miller 1978 Kenneth S. Saladin 1991 Burton J. Bogitsh 1979 Dean S. Cunningham 1996 Sharon Patton 1980 Gregory F. Mathis 1999 John Richard Seed 1981 Oliver J. Booker, III 2004 Gayle P. Noblet 1982 Steve J. Upton 2013 Charles T. Faulkner 1983 Wesley L. Shoop 1984 Dennis E. Kyle 1986 Cheryl D. Davis 1987 Charles T. Faulkner President's Award 1988 Victoria H. Mann 1989 Constance E. Bell 1986 Mary C. Dunn 1990 Sheila A. Peel 1991 Sara R. Davis 1992 Fred J. Herndon Ciordia-Stewart-Porter Undergraduate 1993 Rebecca A. Cole & Chrystal L. Mars Student Award 1994 Lance W. Fontenot 1995 Julia S. Jackson 2012 Zachary Adkins 1996 Vina R. Diderrich 2013 Frank W . Soveg 1997 Derek A. Zelmer 2014 Candice Alge 1998 Chris A. Hall 2015 John Doran 1999 Kelly Still 2016 Abigale Willemse 2000 Michael Barger & Allison K. Witherow 2017 Carly Haywood 2001 Megan R. Collins 2018 Katie Brittain 2002 Deborah M. Lai 2003 Alyssa Kunz 2004 Michael J. Yabsley 2005 Francisco Palomeque 2006 Tiffany G. Baker 2007 Andrew McElwain 2008 Heather Stockdale 2009 Dawn M. Roellig 2010 Rick Gerhold 2011 Carrie Umberger 2012 Elizabeth Gleim 2013 Alice E. Houk 2014 Adonis McQueen & Brigette Brinton 2015 Skylar Hopkins 2016 Raphael Orelis-Ribeiro 2017 Jackson Roberts 3 2018 Morgan Siebka 2019 Meeting Southeastern Society of Parasitologists April 11-13, 2019 PROGRAM SUMMARY Thursday, April 11 Paul Coverdell Center, 500 D.W. Brooks Dr, Athens, GA 30602 Check-in/Late Registration (Atrium) 5:00 – 6:00 PM SSP Executive Committee (Rm 141) 4:00 – 5:30 PM Opening Remarks and Paper Session I (Rm 175) 6:00– 8:00 PM SSP Reception (Atrium) 8:00 – 9:30 PM Friday, April 12 Flinchum’s Phoenix, 650 Phoenix Rd, Athens, GA 30605 Vans depart from Georgia Center Hotel 7:30 AM Breakfast (coffee, juice, pastries, fruit) 7:45 – 8:00 AM Paper Session II 8:00 – 10:15 AM Break 10:15 – 10:30 AM Paper Session III 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch (catered on site) 12:30 – 1:30 PM Paper Session IV 1:30 – 3:30 PM Break 3:30 – 3:45 PM 4 Paper Session V 3:45 – 6:00 PM Dinner (catered on site) 6:15 – 7:15 PM President’s Symposium 7:15 – 9:00 PM Reception 9:00 – 10:00 PM Saturday, April 13 Paul Coverdell Center, 500 D.W. Brooks Dr, Athens, GA 30602 Breakfast (coffee, juice, pastries, fruit) 7:30 – 8:00 AM Paper Session VI 8:00 – 10:00 AM Break 10:00 – 10:15 AM Paper Session VII 10:15 AM – 12:45 PM SSP Business meeting (box lunch) 12:45 – 1:45 PM 5 SSP ANNUAL MEETING Thursday, April 11 6:00 – 8:00 PM Location: Rm 175, Coverdell Center Moderators: Alona Botnar, Haley Dutton * Presenting Author 6:00 Gabriel J. Langford, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL. Welcome remarks. 6:10 Dennis E. Kyle, Center for Tropical and Emerging Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Meeting announcements. PAPER SESSION I 6:15 1 Murdock, Courtney*, Miazgowicz, Kerri, and Pathak, Ash. University of Georgia, Athens, GA, U.S.A. Temperature drives malaria transmission: implications for disease control. 6:30 2 Rosser, Thomas G.1*, Ethan T. Woodyard1, Wes A. Baumgartner2, D. Tommy King2, Neely R. Alberson1, Travis W. Noto1, Matt J. Griffin3,4, and David J. Wise3. 1Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, MS, USA; 2Mississippi Field Station, National Wildlife Research Center, Wildlife Services, United States Department of Agriculture, Mississippi State, MS, USA; 3Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS; 4Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, MS. Diversity of Apharyngostrigea spp. in ardeid birds and the elucidation of their life cycles in Mississippi, USA. 6:45 3 Rice, Christopher A.1*, Colon, Beatrice L.1, Farahat, Abdelbasset A.2, Boykin, David W.2, McNamara, Case W.3, Guy, R. Kiplin4, and Kyle, Dennis E1. 1University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; 2Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States; 3California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr)La Jolla, CA, United States; 4University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Discovery and development of trophocidal and cysticidal compounds for the treatment of Acanthamoeba infections. 7:00 4 Wilson, Iain1*, Martini, Francesca2, Eckmair, Barbara1, Yan, Shi3, and Paschinger, Katharina1. 1Universität für Bodenkultur, Wien, Austria; 2ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; 3Veterinärmedizinische Universität, Wien, Austria. Highly modified and immunoactive N-glycans of the canine heartworm. 7:15 5 Zelmer, Derek A*. University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, SC, USA. An ordination-based metric for evaluation of environmental effects on parasite species. 7:30 6 Smith, John F.*, Eric J. McElroy, Waverley A. Mendoza-Walthall, and Isaure de Buron. College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, US. Kudoa inornata in seatrout: is severity of infection higher in larger fish? 6 7:45 7 Barratt, Joel LN1*, Meredith Lane1, and Richard S. Bradbury2. 1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Parasitic Diseases Branch, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. A global survey of Strongyloides sp. genotypes by deep amplicon sequencing. SSP RECEPTION Thursday, April 11 8:00 – 9:30 PM Location: Atrium, Coverdell Center Information for speakers: Please upload your presentation files in ADVANCE of the session. There is time in the evenings, mornings, and during breaks. The laptop will be available during registration on Thursday from 5:00 – 6:00 PM and during the reception. PAPER SESSION II Friday, April 12 8:00 – 10:15 AM Location: Flinchum’s Phoenix Moderators: Micah Warren, Claire Cross * Presenting Author † Ciordia-Stewart-Porter Undergraduate Paper Competitor ‡ Byrd-Dunn Graduate Student Paper Competitor 7:30 Vans depart Georgia Center Hotel 7:45 – 8:15 Breakfast (coffee, juice, pastries, fruit) 7:45 – 8:15 Load presentation files 8:15 8† Slack, Katherine L1*, Thomas G. Rosser2, and Scott A. Rush3. 1Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Forest Resources, Mississippi State University, MS, United States; 2Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, MS, United States; 3Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Forest Resources, Mississippi State University, MS, United States. Morphological and molecular survey of avian haemosporidians of passerine hosts banded in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.
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