Population Biology of Infectious Diseases

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   • R. M. May

   Pages 1-12

3. Impact of Infectious Diseases on Host Populations Group Report

   • M. P. Hassell, R. C. Anderson, J. E. Cohen, B. Cvjetanović, A. P. Dobson, D. E. Gill et al.

   Pages 13-35

4. Impact of Infectious Disease Agents on the Population Growth and Geographical Distribution of Animals

   • J. C. Holmes

   Pages 37-51

5. The Impact of Infectious Disease on Human Demography Today

   • M. S. Pereira

   Pages 53-64

6. Transmission: Patterns and Dynamics of Infectious Diseases Group Report

   • K. S. Warren, R. M. Anderson, V. Capasso, A. D. Cliff, K. Dietz, F. Fenner et al.

   Pages 66-85

7. Overall Population Patterns in the Transmission Cycle of Infectious Disease Agents

   • K. Dietz

   Pages 87-102

8. Transmission Cycles and Broad Patterns of Observed Epidemiological Behavior in Human and Other Animal Populations

   • F. Fenner

   Pages 103-120

9. The Control of Infectious Disease Group Report

   • P. E. M. Fine, J. L. Aron, J. Berger, D. J. Bradley, H. J. Bürger, E. G. Knox et al.

   Pages 121-147

10. Transmission Dynamics and Control of Infectious Disease Agents

    • R. M. Anderson

    Pages 149-176

11. Practical Problems in the Control of Infectious Diseases

    • C. E. G. Smith

    Pages 177-190

12. Use of Pathogenic Viruses As Agents for the Biological Control of Insect Pests

    • L. A. Falcon

    Pages 191-210

13. Evolution of Parasites and Hosts Group Report

    • B. R. Levin, A. C. Allison, H. J. Bremermann, L. L. Cavalli-Sforza, B. C. Clarke, R. Frentzel-Beyme et al.

    Pages 213-243

14. Co-evolution between Hosts and Infectious Disease Agents and its Effects on Virulence

    • A. C. Allison

    Pages 245-267

15. Pathogens as Causes of Genetic Diversity in their Host Populations

    • W. D. Hamilton

    Pages 269-296

16. Back Matter

    Pages 297-316

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for the design of control programs; in extreme cases (as dis­ cussed below, by Fine et al. , this volume, and elsewhere) it can happen that immunization programs, although they protect vaccinated individuals, actually increase the overall incidence of a particular disease. The possibility that many nonhuman animal populations may be regulated by parasitic infections is another topic where it may be argued that conventional disciplinary boundaries have retarded investigation. While much ecological research has been devoted to exploring the extent to which competition or predator-prey interactions may regulate natural populations or set their patterns of geographical distribution, few substan­ tial studies have considered the possibility that infectious diseases may serve as regulatory agents (1,8). On the other hand, the many careful epidemiological studies of the trans­ mission and maintenance of parasitic infections in human and other animal populations usually assume the host population density to be set by other considerations, and not dynamically engaged with the disease (see, for example, (1,2)). With all these considerations in mind, the Dahlem Workshop from which this book derives aimed to weave strands together -- testing theoretical analysis against empirical facts and patterns, and identifying outstanding problems -- in pursuit of a better un­ derstanding of the overall population biology of parasitic in­ fections. For the purpose of the workshop, the term "parasite" was de­ fined widely to include viruses, bacteria, protozoans, fungi, and helminths.

• Biology
• Infektionskrankheit
• Infektionsverhütung
• Parasitic Infections
• Population
• Populationsdichte
• Wirbeltiere
• Wirtsorganismus
• bacteria
• infection
• infections
• infectious
• infectious disease
• infectious diseases

• Dept. of Pure and Applied Biology, Imperial College, London University, London, England

  R. M. Anderson

• Biology Dept., Princeton University, Princeton, USA

  R. M. May

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