Cary Conference XI: Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Disease on Ecosystems and of Ecosystems on Disease

卡里第十一届会议：传染病生态学：疾病对生态系统的影响以及生态系统对疾病的影响

• 批准号: 0432588
• 负责人: Richard Ostfeld
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-15 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0432588&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Cary; Conference; XI; Infectious; Disease

Infectious diseases take an enormous toll on humans, wildlife, domestic animals, and both cultivated and native plants worldwide. Often outbreaks are followed by poorly contained spread with devastating consequences. Some have argued that the poor record of corrective actions in the case of some human, animal, and plant diseases arises from the ecological complexity involved in the evolution, transmission, and maintenance of these pathogens in nature. This grant will help support an intensive 3-day Cary Conference devoted to conceptually unifying and expanding an understanding of the ecology of infectious disease. Because community and ecosystem ecology embrace key elements of infectious disease, the conference should facilitate rapid progress in anticipating and managing the complex diseases of humans, animals, and plants. The conference will be unique in three major ways. First, it will focus on the interactions between disease and both multi-species communities and ecosystems. Second, it will explore the effects of disease on ecosystems, the effects of ecosystems on disease, and the potential for feedbacks. Third, it will use ecology to provide a language of translation among specialties. It is anticipated that specialists in controlling and preventing human diseases can benefit enormously from the concepts and techniques employed by specialists engaged in controlling animal and plant diseases, and vice versa. One Broader Impact from the conference is a more aggressive track toward defining the role of ecology and its practitioners in protecting health of humans, other animals, and phyto-resources including crops and forests. A second anticipated impact of the conference is in providing resources for the training of a new generation of ecologists interested in infectious disease.

传染病对全世界的人类、野生动物、家畜以及栽培植物和本土植物造成巨大损失。疫情爆发后，往往会出现传播控制不善，从而造成灾难性后果的情况。 一些人认为，对某些人类、动物和植物疾病采取的纠正措施记录不佳，是因为这些病原体在自然界的进化、传播和维持所涉及的生态复杂性。 这笔赠款将有助于支持为期 3 天的密集卡里会议，该会议致力于从概念上统一和扩大对传染病生态学的理解。由于群落和生态系统生态学包含传染病的关键要素，因此会议应促进在预测和管理人类、动物和植物的复杂疾病方面取得快速进展。 此次会议将在三个主要方面独具特色。首先，它将重点关注疾病与多物种群落和生态系统之间的相互作用。其次，它将探讨疾病对生态系统的影响、生态系统对疾病的影响以及反馈的潜力。第三，用生态学提供专业间的翻译语言。 预计控制和预防人类疾病的专家可以从控制动植物疾病的专家所采用的概念和技术中受益匪浅，反之亦然。这次会议的一个更广泛的影响是更加积极地定义生态学及其实践者在保护人类、其他动物以及包括农作物和森林在内的植物资源健康方面的作用。会议的第二个预期影响是为培训对传染病感兴趣的新一代生态学家提供资源。