Biodiversity and the ecology of infectious diseases

M.G. Roberts; J.A.P. Heesterbeek

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-7811-8_3

Biodiversity and the ecology of infectious diseases

M.G. Roberts, J.A.P. Heesterbeek

Massey University

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The question of how biodiversity influences the emergence of infectious diseases is the subject of ongoing research. A set of nonlinear differential equations is been used to explore the interactions between ecology and epidemiology. The model allows for frequency-dependent transmission of infection within host species, and density-dependent transmission between species, via the environment or a vector. Three examples are discussed. It is shown that removing a pathogen may increase a consumer population, decreasing its resource. It is then shown that the presence of a pathogen could enable a predator and a prey species to coexist. Finally the dilution effect, by which increasing biodiversity reduces the transmission of an infectious disease, is investigated.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Agriculture as a Metaphor for Creativity in All Human Endeavors
Editors	R.S. Anderssen, P. Broadbridge, Y. Fukumoto, K. Kajiwara, M. Simpson, I. Turner
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Pages	13-20
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811078118
ISBN (Print)	9789811078101
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7811-8_3
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

Biodiversity
Ecology
Epidemiology
Infectious diseases

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Biodiversity and the ecology of infectious diseases. / Roberts, M.G.; Heesterbeek, J.A.P.
Agriculture as a Metaphor for Creativity in All Human Endeavors. ed. / R.S. Anderssen; P. Broadbridge; Y. Fukumoto; K. Kajiwara; M. Simpson; I. Turner. Singapore: Springer, 2018. p. 13-20.

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