16. Parasitoids

This third part visits on a number of topics that are somewhat tangential to the main narrative of the monograph but that I have found useful for thinking on and analyzing data pertaining to infectious spread. The current chapter outlines how many of the ideas with regards to dynamics, persistence, and control carries over to other host/enemy systems of concern. Chapter 17 visits on multivariate methods to better characterize the in-host interactions among pathogens and the immune system that are ultimately responsible for shaping onwards transmission and epidemic flows. Chapter 18 is a brief sampler of how infectious disease processes in space and time generally lead to autocorrelated data that breach the classic statistical adage of “identically distributed, independent data” but for which a battery of modern methods can provide correct inference and additional insights.