Journal article
Networks and the ecology of parasite transmission: A framework for wildlife parasitology
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Vol.2, pp.235-245
2013
Abstract
Social network analysis has recently emerged as a popular tool for understanding disease transmission in host populations. Although social networks have most extensively been applied to modelling the transmission of diseases through human populations, more recently the method has been applied to wildlife populations. The majority of examples from wildlife involve modelling the transmission of contagious microbes (mainly viruses and bacteria), normally in context of understanding wildlife disease epidemics. However, a growing number of studies have used networks to explore the ecology of parasite transmission in wildlife populations for a range of endemic parasites representing a diversity of life cycles and transmission methods. This review addresses the application of network models in representing the transmission of parasites with more complex life cycles, and illustrates the way in which this approach can be used to answer ecological questions about the transmission of parasites in wildlife populations.
Details
- Title
- Networks and the ecology of parasite transmission: A framework for wildlife parasitology
- Authors/Creators
- S.S. Godfrey (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Vol.2, pp.235-245
- Publisher
- Elsevier Limited
- Identifiers
- 991005540340807891
- Copyright
- © 2013 The Author.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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