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The Population Dynamics of Infectious Diseases: Theory and Applications

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Roy M. Anderson

    1. Parasite Ecology, Imperial College, London University, UK

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Part of the book series: Population and Community Biology Series (PCBS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Directly transmitted viral and bacterial infections of man

    • Roy M. Anderson
    Pages 1-37

  3. The dynamics of bacterial infections

    • B. Cvjetanović
    Pages 38-66

  4. The population dynamics and control of hookworm and roundworm infections

    • Roy M. Anderson
    Pages 67-108

  5. Tapeworm infections

    • Anne Keymer
    Pages 109-138

  6. The population dynamics of malaria

    • Joan L. Aron, Robert M. May
    Pages 139-179

  7. Schistosomiasis

    • A. D. Barbour
    Pages 180-208

  8. The population dynamics of onchocerciasis

    • K. Dietz
    Pages 209-241

  9. Fox rabies

    • Roy M. Anderson
    Pages 242-261

  10. Fascioliasis

    • R. A. Wilson, G. Smith, M. R. Thomas
    Pages 262-319

  11. Epidemiological models — theory and reality

    • D. J. Bradley
    Pages 320-333

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 334-368
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About this book

Since the beginning of this century there has been a growing interest in the study of the epidemiology and population dynamics of infectious disease agents. Mathematical and statistical methods have played an important role in the development of this field and a large, and sophisticated, literature exists which is concerned with the theory of epidemiological processes in popu­ lations and the dynamics of epidemie and endemie disease phenomena. Much ofthis literature is, however, rather formal and abstract in character, and the field has tended to become rather detached from its empirical base. Relatively little of the literature, for example, deals with the practical issues which are of major concern to public health workers. Encouragingly, in recent years there are signs of an increased awareness amongst theoreticians of the need to confront predictions with observed epidemiological trends, and to pay elose attention to the biological details of the interaction between host and disease agent. This trend has in part been stimulated by the early work of Ross and Macdonald, on the transmission dynamics of tropical parasitic infections, but a further impetus has been the recent advances made by ecologists in blending theory and observation in the study of plant and animal populations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Parasite Ecology, Imperial College, London University, UK

    Roy M. Anderson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Population Dynamics of Infectious Diseases: Theory and Applications

  • Editors: Roy M. Anderson

  • Series Title: Population and Community Biology Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2901-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-21610-7Published: 01 January 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-2901-3Published: 22 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 368

  • Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Infectious Diseases, Pharmacy

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