Immunoepidemiology--bridging the gap between immunology and epidemiology.
'Immunoepidemiology' combines individual- and population-oriented approaches to create new perspectives. It examines how inter-individual differences in immune responses affect the population dynamics of micro- and macro-parasites to produce the epidemiological patterns of infection observed in heterogeneous host populations. Here, I discuss how research has only just begun to tap the potential of this integrative discipline that incorporates immunology, parasitology, genetics, epidemiology, ecology, mathematical modelling and statistics.
Zoological Museum, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland. barhell@zool.unizh.ch
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D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology*