A novel modelling approach for understanding wildlife disease dynamics

本项目旨在开发野外野生动物疾病系统的新框架，并将其应用于一种濒危蛙种的壶菌感染作为案例研究。该项目期望开发能够应用于许多疾病系统的模型，提高对宿主对感染的抵抗力和耐受性的了解，并提高减轻新发传染病的能力。这项工作应具有国际影响，并为确保保护澳大利亚的生物多样性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.