A novel modelling approach for understanding wildlife disease dynamics

本计画旨在发展一种新的野外野生动物疾病系统架构，并以一种濒临灭绝的蛙种为例，应用于壶菌感染的研究。该项目预计将开发能够应用于许多疾病系统的模型，提高对宿主抵抗力和感染耐受性的认识，并提高减轻新出现的传染病的能力。 这项工作应具有国际影响力，并为确保澳大利亚生物多样性的保护提供重大的国家利益。

This project aims to develop a novel framework for field wildlife disease systems, applied to chytrid fungal infection of an endangered frog species as a case study. The project expects to develop models able to be applied to many disease systems, improve understanding of host resistance and tolerance to infection, and improve capacity for mitigation of emerging infectious diseases. This work should have international impact and provide significant national benefits in ensuring the conservation of Australia’s biodiversity.