Eight challenges in modelling disease ecology in multi-host, multi-agent systems

Epidemics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-30

  Buhnerkempe, Michael G ^a,b   Roberts, Mick G ^c   Dobson, Andrew P ^d,e   Heesterbeek, Hans ^f   Hudson, Peter J ^b,g,h   Lloyd Smith, James O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Food webs; Maintenance; Multiple hosts; Multiple pathogens

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84939997360     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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