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How should pathogen transmission be modelled?

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posted on 2023-05-16, 20:11 authored by McCallum, HI, Barlow, N, Hone, J
Host-pathogen models are essential for designing strategies for managing disease threats to humans, wild animals and domestic animals. The behaviour of these models is greatly affected by the way in which transmission between infected and susceptible hosts is modelled. Since host-pathogen models were first developed at the beginning of the 20th century, the 'mass action' assumption has almost always been used for transmission. Recently, however, it has been suggested that mass action has often been modelled wrongly. Alternative models of transmission are beginning to appear, as are empirical tests of transmission dynamics.

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Publication title

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volume

16

Issue

6

Pagination

295-300

ISSN

0169-5347

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Place of publication

UK

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  • Restricted

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Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences

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