Quantity and Quality of Aquaculture Enrichments Influence Disease Epidemics and Provide Ecological Alternatives to Antibiotics

• Main Authors: Anssi Karvonen (Author), Ville Räihä (Author), Ines Klemme (Author), Roghaieh Ashrafi (Author), Pekka Hyvärinen (Author), Lotta-Riina Sundberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Environmental heterogeneity is a central component influencing the virulence and epidemiology of infectious diseases. The number and distribution of susceptible hosts determines disease transmission opportunities, shifting the epidemiological threshold between the spread and fadeout of a disease. Si...