Discussion
Multi-scale models in infectious disease epidemiology
Models that link within- and between-host processes are potentially important tools in disease ecology, but the disease research community remains somewhat divided about when and how they should be used. We discussed cross-scale modeling at a recent CIDD lunch, and while the discussion was fairly free-wheeling and ad hoc,...
8 years ago
by Kezia Manlove
Parasite manipulation of hosts
Research has frequently shown that host behavior can change when infected with a pathogen, often times in ways that facilitate future tranmission of that parasite. In a recent article that is pretty close to home, researchres at Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive in France have published evidence...
8 years ago
by Matthew Ferrari
Is Infectious Disease a Global Security Threat?
The World Economic Forum calls infectious disease epidemics are one of the biggest threats to international security.
8 years ago
by Matthew Ferrari
Is the Ebola outbreak over, or just different?
Today the Ebola out break in Guinea was declared over (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35191676); that is, it has been 42 days since the last known case tested negative for a second time. However, occasional cases in Liberia and...
about 9 years ago
by Matthew Ferrari