title: The use and mis-use of some ecological terms and concepts in epidemiology.
abstract: The article discusses the current use and mis-use of ecological terms and concepts in epidemiological literature, and in special, in works dealing with zoonotic diseases. A selection of examples was taken from papers recently published on the transmission of Chagas' disease by Triatoma sordida. Proper definitions are listed, with the intent of helping non-ecologists to use those terms and concepts correctly.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Avila-Pires
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease; D004463:Ecology; D004813:Epidemiology; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014224:Triatoma