Immunoepidemiology--bridging the gap between immunology and epidemiology
- PMID: 11227997
- DOI: 10.1016/s1471-4922(00)01767-0
Immunoepidemiology--bridging the gap between immunology and epidemiology
Abstract
'Immunoepidemiology' combines individual- and population-oriented approaches to create new perspectives. It examines how inter-individual differences in immune responses affect the population dynamics of micro- and macro-parasites to produce the epidemiological patterns of infection observed in heterogeneous host populations. Here, I discuss how research has only just begun to tap the potential of this integrative discipline that incorporates immunology, parasitology, genetics, epidemiology, ecology, mathematical modelling and statistics.
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