Linking longitudinal and cross-sectional biomarker data to understand host-pathogen dynamics: Leptospira in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) as a case study.

• Main Authors: K C Prager (Author), Michael G Buhnerkempe (Author), Denise J Greig (Author), Anthony J Orr (Author), Eric D Jensen (Author), Forrest Gomez (Author), Renee L Galloway (Author), Qingzhong Wu (Author), Frances M D Gulland (Author), James O Lloyd-Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Confronted with the challenge of understanding population-level processes, disease ecologists and epidemiologists often simplify quantitative data into distinct physiological states (e.g. susceptible, exposed, infected, recovered). However, data defining these states often fall along a spectrum rath...