Who acquires infection from whom and how? Disentangling multi-host and multi-mode transmission dynamics in the ‘elimination’ era

Joanne P. Webster; Anna Borlase; James W. Rudge

doi:10.1098/rstb.2016.0091

journal article Mar 13, 2017

Who acquires infection from whom and how? Disentangling multi-host and multi-mode transmission dynamics in the ‘elimination’ era

Joanne P. Webster Anna Borlase James W. Rudge

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Vol. 372 No. 1719 pp. 20160091 · The Royal Society

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Abstract

Multi-host infectious agents challenge our abilities to understand, predict and manage disease dynamics. Within this, many infectious agents are also able to use, simultaneously or sequentially, multiple modes of transmission. Furthermore, the relative importance of different host species and modes can itself be dynamic, with potential for switches and shifts in host range and/or transmission mode in response to changing selective pressures, such as those imposed by disease control interventions. The epidemiology of such multi-host, multi-mode infectious agents thereby can involve a multi-faceted community of definitive and intermediate/secondary hosts or vectors, often together with infectious stages in the environment, all of which may represent potential targets, as well as specific challenges, particularly where disease elimination is proposed. Here, we explore, focusing on examples from both human and animal pathogen systems, why and how we should aim to disentangle and quantify the relative importance of multi-host multi-mode infectious agent transmission dynamics under contrasting conditions, and ultimately, how this can be used to help achieve efficient and effective disease control.This article is part of the themed issue ‘Opening the black box: re-examining the ecology and evolution of parasite transmission’.

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Published: Mar 13, 2017
Vol/Issue: 372(1719)
Pages: 20160091
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Authors

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Joanne P. Webster

Department of Pathology and Pathogen Biology, Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK

A

Anna Borlase

Department of Pathology and Pathogen Biology, Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK

J

James W. Rudge

Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK; Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, 420/1 Rajavithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Award: BB/L018985/1

U.S. Naval Health Research Centre Award: W911QY-14-C-0040

Cite This Article

Joanne P. Webster, Anna Borlase, James W. Rudge (2017). Who acquires infection from whom and how? Disentangling multi-host and multi-mode transmission dynamics in the ‘elimination’ era. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1719), 20160091. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0091

Who acquires infection from whom and how? Disentangling multi-host and multi-mode transmission dynamics in the ‘elimination’ era

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