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New Frontiers of Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases 2012th Edition
Author(s): Serge Morand (Editor), François Beaudeau (Editor), Jacques Cabaret (Editor)
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: 10 Sept. 2011
- Edition: 2012th
- Language: English
- Print length: 348 pages
- ISBN-10: 9400721137
- ISBN-13: 9789400721135
Book Description
Molecular epidemiology has recently broaden its focuses due to the development of molecular tools but also by incorporating advances of other fields such as mathematical epidemiology, molecular ecology, population genetics and evolution. Facing new risks of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases that are threats for humans and their livestock, the objectives of molecular epidemiology include: – the development of molecular tools, genotyping and gene expression – the incorporation of concepts and results of population genetics of infectious diseases – the integration of recent advances in theoretical epidemiology and evolutionary ecology of diseases – a better understanding of transmission for the development of risk factors analyses. This book will demonstrate how the latest developments in molecular tools and in epidemiology can be integrated with studies of host-pathogen interactions. Besides a strong theoretical component, there will also be an emphasis on applications in the fields of epidemiology, public health, veterinary medicine, and health ecology. Students and researchers in the fields of epidemiology, animal and human health, evolutionary ecology, parasitology are the main potential readers of the book, as well as a broader audience from veterinary medicine and conservation.
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Molecular epidemiology has recently broaden its focuses due to the development of molecular tools but also by incorporating advances of other fields such as mathematical epidemiology, molecular ecology, population genetics and evolution. Facing new risks of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases that are threats for humans and their livestock, the objectives of molecular epidemiology include: – the development of molecular tools, genotyping and gene expression – the incorporation of concepts and results of population genetics of infectious diseases – the integration of recent advances in theoretical epidemiology and evolutionary ecology of diseases – a better understanding of transmission for the development of risk factors analyses. This book will demonstrate how the latest developments in molecular tools and in epidemiology can be integrated with studies of host-pathogen interactions. Besides a strong theoretical component, there will also be an emphasis on applications in the fields of epidemiology, public health, veterinary medicine, and health ecology. Students and researchers in the fields of epidemiology, animal and human health, evolutionary ecology, parasitology are the main potential readers of the book, as well as a broader audience from veterinary medicine and conservation.
