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Project
Infectious disease models: wildlife ecology, ecological disturbance and transmission to humans.
Changing environmental conditions (e.g. climate) are likely to affect the ecology of infections, through changes in the abundance of susceptible natural host populations or by affecting transmission rates (directly or through vectors). This project investigates these effects, through observations, experiments and mathematical modelling, for five model infections selected for their different characteristics (hantaviruses in voles, plague in gerbils, arenavirus in African mice, dengue fever in humans, rotaviruses in vaccinated humans). The insights are used to evaluate potential changes in burden of disease, with or without control measures.
Date:1 Jan 2009 → 31 Dec 2012
Keywords:INFECTION ECOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, ZOONOSIS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Disciplines:Animal biology, Immunology, Microbiology