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Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control
Roy M. Anderson,Robert M. May +1 more
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This book discusses the biology of host-microparasite associations, dynamics of acquired immunity heterogeneity within the human community indirectly transmitted helminths, and the ecology and genetics of hosts and parasites.Abstract:
Part 1 Microparasites: biology of host-microparasite associations the basic model - statics static aspects of eradication and control the basic model - dynamics dynamic aspects of eradication and control beyond the basic model - empirical evidence of inhomogeneous mixing age-related transmission rates genetic heterogeneity social heterogeneity and sexually transmitted diseases spatial and other kinds of heterogeneity endemic infections in developing countries indirectly transmitted microparasites. Part 2 Macroparasites: biology of host-macroparasite associations the basic model - statics the basic model - dynamics acquired immunity heterogeneity within the human community indirectly transmitted helminths experimental epidemiology parasites, genetic variability, and drug resistance the ecology and genetics of host-parasite associations.read more
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Incidence and control of CSF in wild boar in Europe.
TL;DR: The possibility that Classical swine fever persists in a wild boar population has been shown in some areas of France, Germany and Italy in recent years, and oral vaccination experiments are being carried out, which have not led to final conclusions concerning the efficacy of vaccination in eradicating disease.
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Demography of domestic dogs in rural and urban areas of the Coquimbo region of Chile and implications for disease transmission.
TL;DR: The higher population size and density, higher growth rate and a higher turnover of domestic dogs in urban than in rural areas and the poorly supervised and inadequately vaccinated dog populations in urban areas suggest that urban areas are more likely to provide suitable conditions for dogs to acts as reservoirs of pathogenic infections.
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Maintenance of a Microparasite Infecting Several Host Species: Rabies in the Serengeti
Sarah Cleaveland,Christopher Dye +1 more
TL;DR: The role of wild and domestic animals in maintaining rabies in the Serengeti region of Tanzania is examined, and domestic dogs are identified as the likely reservoirs.
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Immunity to Campylobacter: its role in risk assessment and epidemiology
Arie H. Havelaar,W van Pelt,C. W. Ang,Jaap A. Wagenaar,J. P. M. van Putten,U. Gross,Diane G. Newell +6 more
TL;DR: In risk assessment studies, health risks may be overestimated when immunity is neglected and not accounting for immunity in epidemiological studies may lead to biased results due to the misclassification of Campylobacter-exposed but apparently healthy persons as unexposed.
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The concept of herd immunity and the design of community-based immunization programmes.
TL;DR: The concepts of transmission success and herd immunity and their relevance to the design of community-based immunization programmes for the control of infectious diseases are focused on.