Carslake, David, Bennett, Malcolm, Hazel, Sarah, Telfer, Sandra, Begon, Michael
There have been virtually no studies of ‘who acquires infection from whom’ in wildlife populations, but patterns of transmission within and between different classes of host are likely to be...
Disease effects on reproduction can cause population cycles in seasonal environments
Smith, Matthew J, White, Andrew, Sherratt, Jonathan A, Telfer, Sandra, Begon, Michael, Lambin, Xavier
Recent studies of rodent populations have demonstrated that certain parasites can cause juveniles to delay maturation until the next reproductive season. Furthermore, a variety of parasites may share...
Seasonal host dynamics drive the timing of recurrent epidemics in a wildlife population
Begon, Michael, Telfer, Sandra, Smith, Matthew J., Burthe, Sarah, Paterson, Steve, Lambin, Xavier
The seasonality of recurrent epidemics has been largely neglected, especially where patterns are not driven by forces external to the population. Here, we use data on cowpox virus in field voles to...
Poor condition and infection: a vicious circle in natural populations
Beldomenico, Pablo M, Telfer, Sandra, Gebert, Stephanie, Lukomski, Lukasz, Bennett, Malcolm, Begon, Michael
Pathogens may be important for host population dynamics, as they can be a proximate cause of morbidity and mortality. Infection dynamics, in turn, may be dependent on the underlying condition of...
Smith, Matthew J., Telfer, Sandra, Kallio, Eva R., Burthe, Sarah, Cook, Alex R., Lambin, Xavier, ...
A key aim in epidemiology is to understand how pathogens spread within their host populations. Central to this is an elucidation of a pathogen's transmission dynamics. Mathematical models have...