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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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Mining social mixing patterns for infectious disease models based on a two-day population survey in Belgium
TL;DR: A diary based contact survey in Belgium is carried out to gain insights in social interactions relevant to the spread of infectious diseases and the resulting contact patterns are useful to improve estimating crucial parameters for infectious disease transmission models.
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Listeria monocytogenes in Multiple Habitats and Host Populations: Review of Available Data for Mathematical Modeling
TL;DR: It is hypothesize that three recent anthropogenic practices increase the load within and transmission among reviewed habitats and host populations: extended refrigerated storage of ready-to-eat foods allowing L. monocytogenes growth in foods that are contaminated during production or subsequent handling, feeding domestic ruminants with silage often contaminated with L.monocytogens, and dispersal of contaminated products of sewage treatment to agricultural fields and waters.
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Influence of spatial heterogeneity on an emerging infectious disease: the case of dengue epidemics.
Charly Favier,Delphine Schmit,Christine D.M Müller-Graf,Bernard Cazelles,Nicolas Dégallier,Bernard Mondet,Marc Dubois +6 more
TL;DR: This work argues that including contact heterogeneity on different scales allows the recovery of not only the EI epidemiological curve but also the qualitative patterns of Brazilian urban dengue epidemic in more complex situations.
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Emergence of a Convex Trade-Off between Transmission and Virulence
Samuel Alizon,Minus van Baalen +1 more
TL;DR: It is found that the existence and the convexity of the trade‐off are robust, which implies a definite level of evolutionarily stable virulence (ESV) for the parasite, but it is also shown that the dependence of the ESV on parameter values may be very strong.
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Contrasting patterns in the small-scale heterogeneity of human helminth infections in urban and rural environments in Brazil
Simon Brooker,Neal Alexander,Neal Alexander,Stefan M. Geiger,Stefan M. Geiger,Rana Moyeed,Julian Stander,Fiona M. Fleming,Peter J. Hotez,Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira,Jeffrey M. Bethony,Jeffrey M. Bethony +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantify the small-scale (within and between-household) heterogeneity of helminth infection in an area of Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with rural and urban sectors.