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Modelling Parasite Transmission and Control (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
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Modelling Parasite Transmission and Control (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 673
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It is clear that many fascinating problems still remain to be
addressed in parasite transmission modelling, from better
understanding of transmission processes and natural history of
infection to investigating the impact of ecological and spatial
scales, climate change, host immunity and social behaviour,
parasite-host evolutionary dynamics and parasite community ecology
on parasite transmission. This book captures some of the advances
made in recent years and provides indications of ways forward for
addressing these questions by shedding light on developments in
conceptual frameworks and modelling tools as well as the emergence
of new data forms for aiding model construction, testing and
analysis. Another important advance has been the parallel
development of robust computationally-intensive statistical methods
to allow model testing and parameterization by aiding the fitting
of models to complex data. This is an exciting area of work, which
we believe will broaden the scope of mathematical modelling in
investigating parasite transmission processes. In particular, we
expect this advance will now allow modellers to begin the
successful development and analysis of mechanistically-rich models
of parasite transmission that will facilitate better integration of
the variety of mechanisms increasingly recognized as important in
simultaneously affecting transmission, including abiotic processes,
trophic and evolutionary interactions, movement in space, and
behaviour and even physiology of the individual. We foresee a
continuing bright future for using mathematical modelling to
clarify parasite transmission dynamics and address problems related
to effective parasite control. Ultimately, through this improved
application of models to research and management, we expect that
parasite control would be an achievable goal bringing benefits to a
vast number of our fellow human beings.
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