Lesser Known Arboviruses Symposium I

Moderator(s)

• AF

  Ary Faraji, PhD

  SLCMAD
  Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
• GM

  Goudarz Molaei, PhD

  The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
  New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• TA

  Ted Andreadis, PhD

  The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
  New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30am – 8:35am  

  Lesser Known Arboviruses Impacting Animal and Human Health
  

  Presenter: Ary Faraji, PhD – SLCMAD

  Co-Author: Goudarz Molaei, PhD – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

  Co-Author: Ted Andreadis, PhD – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• 8:35am – 8:50am  

  Orbivirus epidemiology: What are bluetongue, epizootic hemorrhagic disease, and African horse sickness viruses?
  

  Presenter: Lee Cohnstaedt, n/a – USDA-ARS-NBAF
• 8:50am – 9:05am  

  Cache Valley Virus: An Underestimated Mosquito-Borne Virus with Deadly Potential
  

  Presenter: Amanda E. Calvert, PhD – CDC
• 9:05am – 9:20am  

  Everglades virus: an underrecognized disease-causing subtype of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus endemic to Florida, USA
  

  Presenter: Nathan Burkett-Cadena, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Amy Vittor, MD, PhD – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Scott Weaver, PhD – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Durland Fish, PhD – Yale University
• 9:20am – 9:35am  

  Jamestown Virus Comes into View: Understanding the Threat from an Underrecognized Arbovirus
  

  Presenter: Philip Armstrong, ScD – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

  Co-Author: John Shepard, M.S. – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• 9:35am – 9:50am  

  La Crosse virus neuroinvasive disease: the kids aren't alright
  

  Presenter: Rebecca Trout Fryxell, PhD – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Corey Day, PhD, MS – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Brian Byrd, PhD, MSPH – Western Carolina University