The interface between epidemiology and population genetics.
Modern biology increasingly integrates disparate disciplines. Here, Steve Paterson and Mark Viney examine the interface between epidemiology and population genetics. They argue that infection and inheritance can be considered as analogous processes, and that epidemiology and population genetics share many common features. They consider the potential for existing population genetic theory to dissect epidemiological patterns in field studies and they consider other relationships between genetics and epidemiology that provide a research challenge for the future.
Paterson
S
S
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, BS8 1UG, Bristol, UK.
Viney
M E
ME
D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002417:Cattle; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology; D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D004813:Epidemiology; D004843:Epistasis, Genetic; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D014251:Trichostrongyloidea / Q000187:drug effects
D000871:Anthelmintics; D005819:Genetic Markers