VP 516/CHLH 516 - Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Readings for Review of Ecology -   2/2/06

1) Warren KS. 1990 Parasitism and the host-parasite interface. In: Tropical and
     Geographical Medicine (eds: KS Warren & Mahmoud), pp. 110-111.

2) May, RM. 1982. Ecology & Population Biology. In: Tropical and
    Geographical Medicine  (eds: KS Warren & Mahmoud), pp. 130-145.

3) ECOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES - NIH Request for proposals,
   Feb. 27, 2001. Visit website; read Purpose & Research Objectives sections
    http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-TW-01-004.html

4) Ebert D & EA Herre. 1996. The evolution of parasitc diseases.
    Parasitology Today 12: 96-101.

5) Aaron JL. 2001. Mathematical Modeling: the dynamics of infection
    In: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Theory and Practice(Eds: K.E. Nelson,
    C.M. Williams, N.M.H. Graham), Aspen Pub., Gathersburg, MD, pp. 149-169.
This chapter may be rather mathematical. Read what you can.
We will come back to this when we talk about modeling

Other background references:
6) Anderson RM. Populations and infectious diseases: ecology or epidemiology?
    J. Anim. Ecology 60: 1 - 50, 1991
7) Galuzo, 1975, pp. 73-95 (Landscape epidemiology).
8) Scott ME & A Dobson. 1989. The role of parasites in regulating host abundance.
    Parasitology Today 5: 176-183

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