Ecology of Infectious Diseases in Natural Populations

Author: Bryan T. Grenfell
Published: December 1994
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521465028
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 521

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This is the first major synthesis of the theory and empirical knowledge about the ecology and epidemiology of infectious diseases in natural, unmanaged, animal and plant populations. Throughout the book a dialogue is developed between the patterns observed in empirical studies of disease in natural populations and the mathematical models used to dissect and examine the observed epidemiological patterns. The book arose from a symposium at the Newton Institute at Cambridge University.

Table of Contents:

List of Participants
Introduction 1
Impact of Infectious Diseases on Wild Animal Populations: a Review 20
Microparasites: Observed Patterns 52
Mathematical Models for Microparasites of Wildlife 90
Microparasite Group Report 123
Macroparasites: Observed Patterns 144
Mathematical Models for Macroparasites of Wildlife 177
Macroparasite Group Report 209
Critical Evaluation of Wildlife Disease Models 230
Nonlinearities in the Dynamics of Indirectly-Transmitted Infections (or, does having a Vector make a Difference?) 260
Model Frameworks for Plant-Pathogen Interactions 280
The Dynamics of Insect-Pathogen Interactions 295
Environmental Influences on Host Immunity 327
Modelling the Immuno-Epidemiology of Macroparasites in Wildlife Host Populations 362
Spatial Dynamics of Parasitism 384
Spatial Dynamics Group Report 399
Genetic Diversity in Host-Parasite Interactions 421
Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases in Natural Populations Group Report 450
Beyond Host-Pathogen Dynamics 478
Glossary 510

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