title: [Evolutive mechanisms in the epidemiology of the communicable diseases (author's transl)].
abstract: Selective pressures playing on the interaction between an infectious agent and its host lead to a condition of maximal survival for both. Based on simple epidemiological relationships, we propose a model which permits the evaluation of the degree of adaptation of a host to the infectious agent.
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological
vernacular_title: Mecanismos evolutivos na epidemiologia das doenças transmissíveis.