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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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Soil-transmitted helminth infections.
Peter Mark Jourdan,Peter Mark Jourdan,Peter Mark Jourdan,Poppy H. L. Lamberton,Poppy H. L. Lamberton,Alan Fenwick,David G Addiss +6 more
TL;DR: The need for refined diagnostic tools and effective control options to scale up public health interventions and improve clinical detection and management of soil-transmitted helminthiasis is highlighted.
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The Potential Impact of Male Circumcision on HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
Brian G. Williams,James O. Lloyd-Smith,James O. Lloyd-Smith,Eleanor Gouws,Catherine Hankins,Wayne M. Getz,J. W. Hargrove,Isabelle de Zoysa,Christopher Dye,Bertran Auvert +9 more
TL;DR: If the results of that trial are confirmed, it is suggested that male circumcision could substantially reduce the burden of HIV in Africa, especially in southern Africa where the prevalence of MC is low and the prevalenceof HIV is high.
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Estimates of the reproduction number for seasonal, pandemic, and zoonotic influenza: a systematic review of the literature
TL;DR: These R values represent the difference between epidemics that are controllable and cause moderate illness and those causing a significant number of illnesses and requiring intensive mitigation strategies to control.
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Epidemiology, transmission dynamics and control of SARS: the 2002-2003 epidemic
Roy M. Anderson,Christophe Fraser,Azra C. Ghani,Christl A. Donnelly,Steven Riley,Neil M. Ferguson,Gabriel M. Leung,Tai Hing Lam,Anthony J. Hedley +8 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that the SARS epidemic was lucky this time round, but may not be so with the next epidemic outbreak of a novel aetiological agent.
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Fundamental processes in the evolutionary ecology of Lyme borreliosis
Klaus Kurtenbach,Klára Hanincová,Jean I. Tsao,Gabriele Margos,Durland Fish,Nicholas H. Ogden +5 more
TL;DR: A biological, process-based framework for vector-borne zoonoses is developed, using Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.), the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis in humans, as an example, and explores the fundamental biological processes that operate in this zoonosis.