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Creator:: Townzen, Jill S.
Abstract:: This research examines two of parameters of vectorial capacity for mosquitoes associated with catch basins in Corvallis, Oregon. The parameters of interest were determining 1) abundance of the mosquito species associated with the catch basins and 2) feeding patterns of local mosquito species. Three species of mosquitoes were collected from...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ………………………………………………….. 15 2 CHARACTERIZATION OF STORMWATER CATCH BASINS AS HABITAT FOR IMMATURE MOSQUITOES IN

Creator:: Beechler, Brianna
Abstract:: Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic viral disease native to the African continent. Outbreaks tend to occur in the wet seasons, and can affect numerous mammalian species including African buffalo. It is debated how the virus survives the inter-epidemic period when it is not detected in mammalian populations,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , BTB – despite the fact that buffalo act as hosts for a multitude of pathogens. Fundamental theory in

Creator:: Gorsich, Erin E.
Abstract:: Emerging infectious diseases in wild animals threaten global biodiversity as well as domestic animal and human health. Their unprecedented increase in conjunction with anthropogenically induced range shifts of endemic pathogens exposes hosts to novel parasite combinations, lending urgency to research on disease dynamics in wildlife systems. In natural populations, hosts...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , and disease dynamics. Specifically, I examined the role of two intestinal parasites, coccidia and

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