Abstract Introduction Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus Virus (MERS-CoV) first emerged
from Saudi Arabia in 2012 and has since been recognized as a significant human …

The rhythm of life on earth is shaped by seasonal changes in the environment. Plants and
animals show profound annual cycles in physiology, health, morphology, behaviour and …

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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a zoonotic virus from camels
causing significant mortality and morbidity in humans in the Arabian Peninsula. The …

Global challenges like the climate crisis and pandemic outbreaks require collective
responses where people quickly adapt to changing circumstances. Social norms are …

Seasonal patterns in pathogen transmission can influence the impact of disease on
populations and the speed of spatial spread. Increases in host contact rates or births drive …

This book is designed to be a practical study in infectious disease dynamics. It offers an easy-
to-follow implementation and analysis of mathematical epidemiology. It focuses on recent …

In the last decade, there has been an increasing awareness of the importance of nutrition for
human health and wellbeing. This is reflected in the commitments towards the six global …

The resurgence of pertussis over the past decades has resulted in incidence levels not
witnessed in the United States since the 1950s. The underlying causes have been the …

Changing patterns of human aggregation are thought to drive annual and multiannual
outbreaks of infectious diseases, but the paucity of data about travel behavior and …