Table of Contents

Part 1 Microparasites: biology of host-microparasite associations; the basic model - statics; static aspects of eradication and control; the basic model - dynamics; dynamic aspects of eradication and control; beyond the basic model - empirical evidence of inhomogeneous mixing; age-related transmission rates; genetic heterogeneity; social heterogeneity and sexually transmitted diseases; spatial and other kinds of heterogeneity; endemic infections in developing countries; indirectly transmitted microparasites. Part 2 Macroparasites: biology of host-macroparasite associations; the basic model - statics; the basic model - dynamics; acquired immunity; heterogeneity within the human community; indirectly transmitted helminths; experimental epidemiology; parasites, genetic variability, and drug resistance; the ecology and genetics of host-parasite associations.