Outside-host predation as a biological control against an environmental opportunist disease

Ilona Merikanto, Jouni T. Laakso and Veijo Kaitala

Ecological Modelling, 2017, vol. 347, issue C, 85-93

Abstract: Environmentally growing opportunist pathogens are a common threat to human health and food production. Due to environmental growth of the pathogen, these diseases are difficult to control with disinfectants and antibiotics. Thus, there is a need for sustainable and effective control methods against environmentally growing opportunist diseases. Predation is often a major limiting factor in the outside host environment. Here we propose that it could be used in the biological control of these diseases.

Keywords: Columnaris disease; Environmental opportunist; Epidemiology; Flavobacterium; Predator-prey model; SI model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.01.002

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