Infectious disease dynamics

Infectious Disease Dynamics
In recent years it has become obvious that there is a need to accommodate the growing integration of quantitative methods with the increasing volume of data being generated on host-pathogen interactions. This has resulted in a growing body of research covering quantitative or theoretical studies of the population dynamics, structure and evolution of infectious diseases of plants and animals, including humans.

Specific topics in this area include:


 * transmission, spread and control of infection
 * epidemiological networks
 * spatial epidemiology
 * persistence of pathogens within hosts
 * intra-host dynamics
 * immuno-epidemiology
 * virulence
 * Strain (biology) structure and interactions
 * antigenic shift
 * phylo-dynamics
 * pathogen population genetics
 * evolution and spread of resistance
 * role of host genetic factors
 * statistical and mathematical tools and innovations
 * role and identification of infection reservoirs