Publications by authors named "Abdou Moutalab Fofana"
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- Many parasites cause lethargy in their hosts, impacting both disease spread and evolutionary virulence.
- A mathematical model suggests that lethargy can lead to evolutionary bistability, where either moderate or high virulence can develop based on initial conditions and mutations.
- The findings highlight that medical interventions might significantly increase virulence and show that evolutionary dynamics can be driven by differences in transmission at the individual host level.
Mechanistic movement models to understand epidemic spread.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
May 2017
An overlooked aspect of disease ecology is considering how and why animals come into contact with one and other resulting in disease transmission. Mathematical models of disease spread frequently assume mass-action transmission, justified by stating that susceptible and infectious hosts mix readily, and foregoing any detailed description of host movement. Numerous recent studies have recorded, analysed and modelled animal movement.
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