I am looking to read comprehensive texts in Physical Oceanography and in the Evolution and Ecology of Infectious Diseases and am looking for direction into which texts may be the best to acquire.
Regarding the "evolution of infectious diseases" there are quite numerous papers in the field of palaeoparasitology, but nearly exclusively on material from archaeological and Quaternary contexts. Some recent review papers are:
Araújo, A., Reinhard, K., Leles, D., Sianto, L., Iñiguez, A., Fugassa, M., Arriaza, B., Orellana, N., Ferreira, L.F. 2011. Paleoepidemiology of intestinal parasites and lice in pre-Columbian South America. Chungara, Revista de Antropología Chilena: 43(2): 303-313.
Beltrame, M.O., Souza, M.V., Araújo, A., Sardella, N.H. 2014, in press. Review of the rodent paleoparasitological knowledge from South America. Quaternary International.
Bryant, V.M., Reinhard, K.J. 2012. Coprolites and archaeology: the missing links in understanding human health. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 57: 379-387.
Frías, L., Leles, D., Araújo, A. 2013. Studies on protozoa in ancient remains - A Review. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 108(1): 1-12.
---
In case you are interested in pre-Quaternary parasites, this is the reference list (not textbook or review-type papers):
da Silva, P.A., Borba, V.H., Dutra, J.M.F., Leles, D., da-Rosa, A.A.S., Ferreira, L.F., Araujo, A. 2014. A new ascarid species in cynodont coprolite dated of 240 million years. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 86(1): 265–269.
Dentzien-Dias, P.C., Poinar, G.Jr., de Figueiredo, A.E.Q., Pacheco, A.C.L., Horn, B.L.D., Schultz, C.L. 2013. Tapeworm Eggs in a 270 Million-Year-Old Shark Coprolite. PLoS ONE 8(1): e55007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055007
Hugot, J.P., Gardner, S.L., Borba, V., Araujo, P., Leles, D., Da-Rosa, Á., Dutra, J., Ferreira, L.F., Araújo, A. 2014. Did the dinosaurs have pinworms? Discovery of a 240 million year old nematode parasite egg in a cynodont coprolite sheds light on the early origin of nematode parasites in vertebrates. Parasites & Vectors 11-2014.
Poinar, G., Boucot, A.J. 2006. Evidence of intestinal parasites of dinosaurs. Parasitology. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1017/S0031182006000138
Tweet, Chin, K., Murphy, N. 2006. Paleobiological implications of diminutive invertebrate burrows within probable gut contents of a hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Middle Campanian) Judith River Formation of Montana. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 38(7), p. 476. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2006AM/finalprogram/abstract_112739.htm
---
Some recent review papers on palaeovirology:
Aswad, A., Katzourakis, A. 2012. Paleovirology and virally derived immunity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27(11): 627-636.
Feschotte, C., Gilbert, C. 2012. Endogenous viruses: insights into viral evolution and impact on host biology. Nature Reviews / Genetics 13, April 2012: 283-296.
Katzourakis, A. 2013. Paleovirology: inferring viral evolution from host genome sequence data. Phil Trans R Soc B 368: 20120493. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0493
The Ecology of Wildlife Diseases; Eds: Hudson,Rizzoli,Grenfell,Heesterbeek and Dobson. Oxford University Press Inc, New York. 1st published 2002/2003
All the basics of infectious disease ecology are covered really well in the following two texts, ranging from disease dynamics in populations to communities:
Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems (2008) by Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing, & Valerie T. Eviner
Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics (2006) by Sharon K. Collinge &, Chris Ray
For a classic in infectious disease modeling:
Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control (1992) by Roy M. Anderson & Robert M. May
- Badges
- Science topic
- Similar topics
- Medicine
- Disease
- Infectious Diseases