Disease ecology Community structure and pathogen dynamics

Disease Ecology highlights exciting advances in theoretical and empirical research towards understanding the importance of community structure in the emergence of infectious diseases. The chapters in this book illustrate aspects of community ecology that influence pathogen transmission rates and dis...

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Other Authors: Edited by Sharon K. Collinge and Chris Ray
Language:Undetermined
English
Published: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2006
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh
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Summary:Disease Ecology highlights exciting advances in theoretical and empirical research towards understanding the importance of community structure in the emergence of infectious diseases. The chapters in this book illustrate aspects of community ecology that influence pathogen transmission rates and disease dynamics in a wide variety of study systems. The innovative studies presented here communicate a clear message: studies of epidemiology can be approached from the perspective of community ecology, and students of community ecology can contribute significantly to epidemiology
Physical Description:xii, 227 p.
ill.
26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0198567081
9780198567080