Modeling the Transmission and Prevention of Infectious Disease

Part I. Preventing the Environmental Transmission of Infections

1. Preventing Infectious Diseases in Spacecraft and Space Habitats
Wing C. Wong, Cherie Oubre, Satish K. Mehta, C. Mark Ott, Duane L. Pierson

2. Bacterial Resistance to Hospital Disinfection
Matthew E. Wand

3. Disinfection of Microbial Aerosols
Atin Adhikari, Scott Clark

Part II. Understanding the Ecology of Infectious Disease

4. The Role of the Indigenous Gut Microbiota in Human Health and Disease
Tyler Vunk, Kristin M. Burkholder

5. Buruli Ulcer: Case Study of a Neglected Tropical Disease
M. Eric Benbow, Rachel Simmonds, Richard W. Merritt, Heather R. Jordan

6. Coccidioidomycosis: Increasing Incidence of an “Orphan” Disease in Response to Environmental Changes
Antje Lauer

7. Antibiotic-Resistant Environmental Bacteria and Their Role as Reservoirs in Disease
Marilyn C. Roberts

8. Population Dynamics, Invasion, and Biological Control of Environmentally Growing Opportunistic Pathogens
Veijo Kaitala, Lasse Ruokolainen, Robert D. Holt, Jason K. Blackburn, Ilona Merikanto, Jani Anttila, Jouni Laakso

9. Of Ducks and Men: Ecology and Evolution of a Zoonotic Pathogen in a Wild Reservoir Host
Michelle Wille, Neus Latorre-Margalef, Jonas Waldenström

Avainsanat: Life Sciences, Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Environmental Health