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Benjamin Bolker Person1 #679758 I’m a professor in the departments of Mathematics & Statistics and of Biology at McMaster University, and currently Director of the School of Computational Science and Engineering and Acting Associate Chair (Graduate) for Mathematics. | 
- My interests range widely in spatial, theoretical, mathematical, computational and statistical ecology, evolution and epidemiology; plant community, ecosystem, and epidemic dynamics; and whatever else takes my fancy.
- I run the mac-theobio research group jointly with Jonathan Dushoff and David Earn.
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+Citations (4) - CitationsAdd new citationList by: CiterankMapLink[4] Infectious Disease: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Marta Wayne, Benjamin Bolker Publication date: 25 June 2015 Publication info: Oxford University Press, Online ISBN: 9780191785276,
Print ISBN: 9780199688937 Cited by: David Price 3:25 PM 1 October 2022 GMT URL: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199688937.001.0001
| Excerpt / Summary Infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways by which diseases spread. By taking an approach focused on the general evolutionary and ecological dynamics of disease, Infectious Disease: A Very Short Introduction considers where particular diseases come from, how they are transmitted from one person to another, why some individuals are more susceptible than others, and what strategies can be used to combat these diseases. It explains the general principles of infection, the management of outbreaks, and the evolutionary and ecological approaches that are now central to much research about infectious disease. |
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