The Connections Between Ecology and Infectious Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hurst, Christon J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Advances in Environmental Microbiology, 5
• Subjects: Microbial ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Microbial Ecology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.

This book summarizes current advances in our understanding of how infectious disease represents an ecological interaction between a pathogenic microorganism and the host species in which that microbe causes illness. The contributing authors explain that pathogenic microorganisms often also have broa...