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Wayne, Marta L., 1966-
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Communicable diseases.
Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology.
Communicable diseases -- Genetic aspects.
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Infectious disease :...
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Infectious disease : a very short introduction / Marta L. Wayne and Benjamin M. Bolker.
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Wayne, Marta L., 1966-
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects
Communicable diseases.
Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology.
Communicable diseases -- Genetic aspects.
ISBN:
9780199688937 (paperback) :
0199688931 (paperback)
Series:
Very short introductions ; 433.
Description:
117 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Introduction -- Transmission at difference scales -- Influenza -- HIV -- Cholera -- Malaria -- Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis -- Looking ahead.
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"As doctors and biologists have learned, to their dismay, infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways by which disease spread. By taking an approach focused on the general evolutionary and ecological dynamics of disease, this Very Short Introduction provides a general conceptual framework for thinking about disease. Ecology and evolution provide the keys to answering the 'where', 'why', 'how', and 'what' questions about any particular infectious disease: where did it come from? How is it transmitted from one person to another, and why are some individuals more susceptible than others? What biochemical, ecological, and evolutionary strategies can be used to combat the disease? Is it more effective to block transmission at the population level, or to block infection at the individual level? Through a series of case studies, Benjamin Bolker and Marta L. Wayne introduce the major ideas of infectious disease in a clear and thoughtful way, emphasising the general principles of infection, the management of outbreaks, and the evolutionary and ecological approaches that are now central to much research about infectious disease."--Publisher's web site.
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