Part I: Introduction to Disease Ecology
Chapter 1: Interkingdom Community Interactions in Disease Ecology
Authors: M. Eric Benbow, Jennifer L. Pechal, Jeffery K. Tomberlin, and Heather R. Jordan
Chapter 2: Biodiversity and Disease Transmission
Author: Serge Morand
Part II: The Ecology of Infectious Diseases Affecting Humans
Chapter 3: Understanding and Estimating the Risk of Waterborne Infectious Disease Associated with Drinking Water
Author: Christon J. Hurst
Chapter 4: The Ecology of Bacterial Agents of Foodborne Illness
Authors: Alexander Gill and John W. Austin
Chapter 5: Impact of Mycobacterial Biofilms on Public Health
Author: Anil K. Ojha
Part III: The Ecology of Infectious Diseases Affecting Livestock and Wildlife
Chapter 6: Opportunistic Bacteria Associated with Mammalian Livestock Disease
Author: Christon J. Hurst
Chapter 7: Infectious Disease in Wild Animal Populations: examining transmission and control with mathematical models
Authors: Sergey S. Berg, James D. Forester, and Meggan E. Craft
Chapter 8: The Ecology of Pathogen Spillover and Disease Emergence at the Human - Wildlife - Environment Interface
Authors: Kathleen A. Alexander, Colin J. Carlson, Bryan L. Lewis, Wayne M. Getz, Madhav V. Marathe, Stephen G. Eubank, Claire E. Sanderson, and Jason K. Blackburn
Chapter 9: Integrating Landscape Hierarchies in the Discovery and Modeling of Ecological Drivers of Zoonotically Transmitted Disease from Wildlife
Authors: Douglas G. Goodin, Colleen B. Jonsson, Linda J. S. Allen, and Robert D. Owen
About the Author: Christon J. HurstCincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Valle, Colombia
