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Adaptive Dynamics of Infectious Diseases: In Pursuit of Virulence Management Book

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  • Adaptive Dynamics of Infectious Diseases: In Pursuit of Virulence Management
  • Written by author Johan A. J. Metz
  • Published by Cambridge University Press, April 2002
  • An integrated study of the evolutionary ecology of infectious diseases and the management of virulent pathogens. Booknews Reports results from a research program on virulence management, sponsored by the International Institute for Applied
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1Introduction1
2Alternative Transmission Modes and the Evolution of Virulence10
3Wildlife Perspectives on the Evolution of Virulence26
4Adaptive Dynamics of Pathogen-Host Interactions39
5Dilemmas in Virulence Management60
6Variation in Susceptibility: Lessons from an Insect Virus74
7Contact Networks and the Evolution of Virulence85
8Virulence on the Edge: A Source-Sink Perspective104
9Super- and Coinfection: The Two Extremes124
10Super- and Coinfection: Filling the Range138
11Multiple Infection and Its Consequences for Virulence Management150
12Kin-selection Models as Evolutionary Explanations of Malaria165
13Coevolution of Virus and Host Cell-death Signals183
14Biogeographical Perspectives on Arms Races197
15Major Histocompatibility Complex: Polymorphism from Coevolution210
16Virulence Management and Disease Resistance in Diploid Hosts222
17Coevolution in Gene-for-gene Systems233
18Implications of Sexual Selection for Virulence Management248
19Molecular Phylogenies and Virulence Evolution262
20Weakened from Within: Intragenomic Conflict and Virulence280
21Ecology and Evolution of Chestnut Blight Fungus286
22Evolution of Exploitation and Defense in Tritrophic Interactions297
23Managing Antibiotic Resistance: What Models Tell Us?326
24Evolution of Vaccine-resistant Strains of Infectious Agents339
25Pathogen Evolution: The Case of Malaria347
26Vaccination and Serotype Replacement362
27Taking Stock: Relating Theory to Experiment379
28Virulence Management in Humans399
29Virulence Management in Wildlife Populations413
30Virulence Management in Veterinary Epidemiology425
31Virulence Management in Plant-Pathogen Interactions436
32Virulence Management in Biocontrol Agents448
33Epilogue460
References465
Index515


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