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Infectious Disease: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition) [#433]
Infectious Disease: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition) [#433]

Infectious Disease: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition) [#433]

Author: 
Marta Wayne; Benjamin Bolker
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  • Introduces non-biologist academics to the field of epidemiology
  • Places infectious diseases in the context of ecology and evolution
  • Traces transmission pathways through ecological and sociopolitical factors

New to this Edition:

  • Contains a new chapter devoted to COVID-19
  • Every chapter updated with new information
  • 'Looking ahead' brought up to date with information on 2015-16 Zika epidemic
  • Updated References and Future Reading sections

  
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 that spread disease. But where does disease come from? How is it transmitted from one person to another? And why are some individuals more susceptible than others?
   
In this Very Short Introduction, Marta Wayne and Benjamin Bolker address these questions through the lenses of ecology and evolution. Assessing the management of outbreaks of diseases such as influenza, HIV/AIDS, cholera, and COVID-19, they provide specific examples to illustrate why major diseases still threaten populations all over the world.

Index: 

1: Introduction
2: Transmission at different scales
3: Influenza
4: HIV/AIDS
5: Cholera
6: Malaria
7: Amphibian chytrid fungus
8: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
9: Looking ahead

About the author: 

Marta Wayne, Professor of Biology, University of Florida, and Benjamin Bolker, Professor of Mathematics & Statistics and Professor of Biology, McMaster University
  
Marta L. Wayne is an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Florida. She has studied virus evolutionary ecology in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, a model system for disease in both humans and mosquitoes.
   
Benjamin M. Bolker is a theoretical ecologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He has studied the dynamics of disease in organisms as diverse as humans, red grouse, gopher tortoises, and fruit flies.

Product details

ISBN : 9780192858511

Author: 
Marta Wayne; Benjamin Bolker
Pages
160 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
111 x 174 mm
Pub date
Oct 2023
Series
Very Short Introductions
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Infectious Disease: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition) [#433]

Infectious Disease: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition) [#433]

Infectious Disease: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition) [#433]