Description
The management of infectious diseases demands a deeper understanding of the ecological and socio-economic drivers and needs a holistic and systematic system-thinking approach. Issues such as the ecological and social features of the source of the disease-causing organisms, the landscape, and how such organisms invade larger distribution ranges need to be sufficiently understood. The remedial measures must be handled from the perspectives of ecology, evolution, epidemiology, socioeconomics, forestry practices, and agriculture from the viewpoint of systems thinking and complex interactions. It is a paradigm shift from the current reductionist disease management.
Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives on Infections and Morbidity addresses human diseases from a holistic perspective by looking at morbidity from an ecological viewpoint and highlights the need for a wider perspective in healthcare that focuses on more than managing diseases and relieving the individual patients from suffering. Covering a range of topics such as antiviral research and human health, this reference work is ideal for healthcare professionals, academicians, policymakers, practitioners, scholars, researchers, instructors, and students.
Author's/Editor's Biography
P.P. Nikhil Raj (Ed.)
P. P. Nikhil Raj
is a transdisciplinary academician. He has been undertaking research and teaching activities in the core area of environment and sustainability. Dr. Raj’s research question broadly lies in understanding how natural systems tolerate/check the changing scenario of climate and the pressures from various anthropogenic pressures; he is fascinated by studying the trade-off between the social and the environmental systems and the crucial roles played by money and political power in shaping them. Dr. Raj has published his research findings in many peer-reviewed journals and books. He also writes popular articles of socio-environmental importance in newspapers and magazines.
R. Mohanraj (Ed.)
R. Mohanraj
is a Professor of Environmental Sciences at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India. His primary research interest lies in Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment, Urban Air Pollution, Hydro-Geochemistry, Ecological Restoration, Forest Carbon Dynamics, and Corporate Environmental Management. Dr Mohanraj has published 80 research articles in peer-reviewed international and Indian journals and edited volumes. He has authored and edited seven books by Indian and International publishers. He has presented more than 80 research and review papers in international and national level seminars /symposia/conferences, including COP meetings, as an invited speaker. He had also organised/coordinated several national-level conferences/webinars/refresher courses, academic events and outreach programs.