Infectious diseases are illnesses you can develop when bacteria, viruses, fungi, or other organisms enter your body. You may acquire an infectious disease from people, insects, animals ...

The H5N1 Avian influenza is decimating bird populations around the world. More than 136 million birds have been affected in ...

Basics of Host-Parasite Ecology The terms parasite, pathogen, and infectious disease are often used interchangeably in disease ecology to describe organisms that live in or on and obtain resources ...

Mathematical modelling is an important tool that can be used to understand the dynamics of infectious diseases. Academics working within Bristol Medical School, including those who tutor on the course ...

But are the “bugs” that make us sick evolving as well? While malaria is the best-understood example of an infectious disease that has driven human evolution, numerous other infectious diseases ...