Linking longitudinal and cross-sectional biomarker data to understand host-pathogen dynamics: Leptospira in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) as a case study.

Confronted with the challenge of understanding population-level processes, disease ecologists and epidemiologists often simplify quantitative data into distinct physiological states (e.g. susceptible, exposed, infected, recovered). However, data defining these states often fall along a spectrum rath...

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Main Authors: K C Prager, Michael G Buhnerkempe, Denise J Greig, Anthony J Orr, Eric D Jensen, Forrest Gomez, Renee L Galloway, Qingzhong Wu, Frances M D Gulland, James O Lloyd-Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-06-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008407