Population biology of vector-borne diseases /

Population Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases is the first comprehensive survey of this rapidly developing field. The chapter topics provide an up-to-date presentation of classical concepts, reviews of emerging trends, synthesis of existing knowledge, and a prospective agenda for future research.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Drake, John M. (Editor), Bonsall, Michael (Editor), Strand, Michael R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Current topics in the population biology of infectious diseases
  • Heterogeneity, stochasticity and complexity in the dynamics and control of mosquito-borne pathogens
  • Seven challenges for spatial analyses of vector-borne diseases
  • Infectious disease forecasting for public health
  • Force of infection and variation in outbreak size in a multi-species host-pathogen system: West Nile virus in New York City
  • Environmental drivers of vector-borne diseases
  • Population biology of Culicoides-borne viruses of livestock in Europe
  • Ecological interactions influencing the emergence, abundance and human exposure to tick-borne pathogens
  • Carry-over effects of the larval environment in mosquito-borne disease systems
  • Incorporating vector ecology and life history into disease transmission models: insights form tsetse (Glossina spp.)
  • Mosquito-virus interactions
  • Kindling, logs, and coals: the dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas Disease in Arequipa, Peru
  • Gut microbiome assembly and function in mosquitoes
  • Direct and indirect social drivers and impacts of vector-borne diseases
  • Vector control, optimal control and vector-borne disease dynamics.