title: [Dynamics of infectious disease transmission: a particular expression of predator-prey dynamics].
abstract: Infectious diseases in human populations are seldom seen as part of a permanently occurring phenomenon in natural ecosystems. Their relationships to predator-prey or host-parasite systems are not evident. The conceptual relationships between these systems is established through a basic deterministic model in this note, with special reference to populational fluctuations and epidemic recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas Animales, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canals
mesh_terms: D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D017753:Ecosystem; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Dinamica de transmisión de enfermedades infecciosas: una expresión particular de una dinámica depredador-presa.