Tue Nov 17 · 17:00 UTC · Seminar
The Hidden Architecture of Disease: How Animal Behavior Shapes Infectious Disease Transmission
Shweta Bansal · Georgetown University · Online
Host social behaviour is a major gap in understanding infectious disease dynamics, from emergence and forecasting to elimination. Using a comparative analysis of more than 90 animal species, the talk shows the opportunities and constraints that social networks create for pathogen transmission. A case study of bottlenose dolphins then demonstrates how integrating social and spatial network data…