Abstract
The article discusses the current use and mis-use of ecological terms and concepts in epidemiological literature, and in special, in works dealing with zoonotic diseases. A selection of examples was taken from papers recently published on the transmission of Chagas' disease by Triatoma sordida. Proper definitions are listed, with the intent of helping non-ecologists to use those terms and concepts correctly.
Triatoma sordida; ecology; Chagas' disease; epidemiology
The use and mis-use of some ecological terms and concepts in epidemiology
Fernando D. Avila-Pires1
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
The article discusses the current use and mis-use of ecological terms and concepts in epidemiological literature, and in special, in works dealing with zoonotic diseases. A selection of examples was taken from papers recently published on the transmission of Chagas' disease by Triatoma sordida. Proper definitions are listed, with the intent of helping non-ecologists to use those terms and concepts correctly.
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Oct 1995
