Plant disease outbreaks are increasing and threaten food security for the vulnerable in many
areas of the world. Now a global human pandemic is threatening the health of millions on …

Inflammation-associated diseases encompass a range of infectious diseases and non-
infectious inflammatory diseases, which continuously pose one of the most serious threats to …

Accurate estimation of the parameters characterising infectious disease transmission is vital
for optimising control interventions during epidemics. A valuable metric for assessing the …

Fungi are an integral part of the earth's biosphere. They are broadly distributed in all
continents and ecosystems and play a diversity of roles. Here, I review our current …

In the early stages of an outbreak, the term 'pandemic'can be used to communicate about
infectious disease risk, particularly by those who wish to encourage a large-scale public …

Epidemiology is the science of how disease develops in populations, with applications in
human, animal and plant diseases. For plant diseases, epidemiology has developed as a …

Biotic interactions play an important role in species distribution models, whose ignorance
may cause an overestimation of species' potential distributions. Species of the family …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic spread by the single‐
stranded RNA severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) belongs to …

Important policy questions during infections disease outbreaks include: i) How effective are
particular interventions?; ii) When can resource-intensive interventions be removed? We …

Emerging and re‑emerging infectious diseases pose significant challenges to animal and
public health, and are aligning with global food security concerns. Anthropogenic activities …