Ulf Dieckmann / A. Johan Metz / W. Sabelis / Karl Sigmund (eds.)

Adaptive Dynamics of Infectious Diseases

Herausgeber: Dieckmann, Ulf; Sabelis, Maurice W.; Metz, Johan A. J.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An integrated study of the evolutionary ecology of infectious diseases and the management of virulent pathogens.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 943g
• ISBN-13: 9780521781657
• ISBN-10: 0521781655
• Artikelnr.: 21273730

Autorenporträt

Ulf Dieckmann is Project Coordinator of the Adaptive Dynamics Network at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria. He is coeditor of The Geometry of Ecological Interactions.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Karl Sigmund, Maurice W. Sabelis, Ulf Dieckmann and J. A.
J. Metz; Part I. Setting the Stage: 2. Alternative transmission modes and
the evolution of virulence Paul W. Ewald and Guilio De Leo; 3. Wildlife
perspectives on the evolution of virulence Guilio De Leo, Andy Dobson and
Andy Goodman; 4. Adaptive dynamics of pathogen-host interactions Ulf
Dieckmann; 5. Dilemmas in virulence management Minus van Baalen; Part II.
Host Population Structure: 6. Variation in susceptibility: lessons from an
insect virus Greg Dwyer, Jonathan Dushoff, Joseph S. Elkinton, John P.
Burand and Simon A. Levin; 7. Contact networks and the evolution of
virulence Minus van Baalen; 8. Virulence on the edge: a source-sink
perspective Robert D. Holt and Michael E. Hochberg; Part III. Within-Host
Interactions: 9. Super- and coinfection: the two extremes Martin Nowak and
Karl Sigmund; 10. Super- and coinfection: filling the range Frederick Adler
and Julio Mosquero Losada; 11. Multiple infection and its consequences for
virulence management Sylvain Gandon and Yannis Michalakis; 12. Kin
selection models as evolutionary explanations of malaria Andrew F. Read,
Margaret J. Mackinnon, M. Ali Anwar and Louise H. Taylor; Part IV.
Pathogen-Host Coevolution: 13. Coevolution of virus and host cell death
signals David C. Krakauer; 14. Biogeographical perspectives on arms races
Michael E. Hochberg and Robert D. Holt; 15. Major histocompatability
complex: polymorphism from coevolution Joost B. Beltman, José A. M.
Borghans and Rob J. de Boer; 16. Virulence management and disease
resistance in diploid hosts Viggo Andreasen; 17. Coevolution in
gene-for-gene systems Akira Sasaki; 18. Implications of sexual selection
for virulence management Claus Wedekind; 19. Molecular phylogenies and
virulence evolution Bruce Rannala; Part V. Multilevel Selection: 20.
Weakened from within: intragenomic conflict and virulence Rolf F. Hoekstra
and Alfons J. M. Debets; 21. Ecology and evolution of chestnut blight
fungus Douglas R. Taylor; 22. Evolution of exploitation and defense in
tritrophic interactions Maurice W. Sabelis, Minus van Baalen, Bas Pels,
Martijn Egas and Arne Janssen; Part VI. Vaccines and Drugs: 23. Managing
antibiotic resistance Sebastian Bonhoeffer; 24. Evolution of
vaccine-resistant strains of infectious agents Angela McLean; 25. Pathogen
evolution: the case of malaria Sunetra Gupta; 26. Vaccination and serotype
replacement Marc Lipsitch; Part VII. Perspectives for Virulence Management:
27. Taking stock: relating theory to experiment Maurice W. Sabelis and
Johan A. J. Metz; 28. Virulence management in humans Paul W. Ewald; 29.
Virulence management in wildlife populations Guilio De Leo and Andy Dobson;
30. Virulence management in veterinary epidemiology Mart C. M. de Jong and
Luc L. G. Janss; 31. Virulence management in plant-pathogen interactions
Andrew M. Jarosz; 32. Management of virulence in biocontrol agents Sam L.
Elliot, Maurice W. Sabelis and Frederick R. Adler; 33. Epilogue Ulf
Dieckmann, Karl Sigmund, Maurice W. Sabelis and Johan A. J. Metz.