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Infectious disease outbreaks result in mortality or morbidity of
many humans and wild and domestic animals and plants. Many a time
that leads to large-scale economic and socio-cultural losses.
However, exposure to pathogens does not always lead to infections
or the spread of diseases since diverse factors are involved in the
manifestation of diseases. The infectious organisms that cause
diseases and the host are a part of the multidimensional
biodiversity and a quintessential part of the ecological web.
Hence, a manifestation of an infectious disease is through a chain
of events that favor high contact of the pathogenic species with
the host species, directly or indirectly, or through intermediate
hosts/vectors. This context makes it important to recognize that
preservation of natural habitats possibly has a direct bearing on
public health since habitats with high biological diversity have
the potential for checks and balances of population growth and
could curtail disease transmission and the manifestation of
diseases in many a case. Besides, diverse and heterogeneous (and
largely anthropogenic) issues such as rapid urbanization, sprawling
inroads into natural habitats, increasing human-animal conflicts,
decreasing environmental quality, languid waste disposal systems,
rising contamination/pollution of the natural systems, increasingly
unwholesome lifestyle, etc. makes the condition much more complex.
This book addresses human diseases from a wider and holistic
perspective, especially looking at morbidity from an ecological
viewpoint. It also looks at infections from an evolutionary
perspective. These perspectives, although known, are largely
neglected in healthcare systems in vogue. Such a perspective would
be an eye-opener for the healthcare providers, and the public at
the receiving end of the increasingly expensive healthcare
services.
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