Several evolutionary processes influence virulence, the amount of damage a parasite
causes to its host. For example, parasites are favored to exploit their hosts prudently to …

Evolutionary dynamics shape the living world around us. At the centre of every evolutionary
process is a population of reproducing individuals. The structure of that population affects …

This book is an introductory text to the methods and tools that are nowadays widely used
and accepted in the mathematical epidemiology literature. It is intended to start from a …

Parasites and infectious diseases are everywhere and represent some of the most potent
forces shaping the natural world. They affect almost every aspect imaginable in the life of …

At a time of unprecedented expansion in the life sciences, evolution is the one theory that
transcends all of biology. Any observation of a living system must ultimately be interpreted in …

The reasons for considering giardiasis as a re-emerging infectious disease are presented,
with emphasis on Giardia infections in child care centres, livestock and pets, and the role of …

Nested models (also called embedded models) explicitly link dynamical processes that
occur at different scales. Recently there has been considerable interest in linking within-and …

Analyses of the selection pressures acting on parasite virulence are made more complicated
when individual hosts can simultaneously harbour many different strains or genotypes of a …

Why are some diseases more virulent than others? Vector–borne diseases such as malaria
and water–borne diseases such as cholera are generally more virulent than diseases …

An organism's fitness is critically reliant on its immune system to provide protection against
parasites and pathogens. The structure of even simple immune systems is surprisingly …