Ecology and Evolution of Infection and Disease (EEID) Journal Club

This week, Louie Gold will present, “SARS-CoV-2 virulence evolution: Avirulence theory, immunity and trade-offs.” Weekly meeting to discuss topical papers about ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, drawn from both new and older literature. The topics could include:

• Pathogen/parasite and/or host evolution, immunity, virulence
• Pathogen/parasite transmission, behavioral manipulation
• Community level interactions impacting pathogens/diseases
• Spatial disease ecology
• Epizootiology/epiphytology, population genetics
• Emerging diseases
• Impact of climate change, extinction/extirpation on pathogens/parasites/diseases