Dr Alex Best - Infectious Disease Dynamics Group
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Publications Ward, C. and Best, A. (2021). How seasonal variations in birth and transmission rates impact population dynamics in an epidemiological model. Ecol. Complexity, In Press Best, A., Singh, P.., Ward, C., Vitale, C., Oliver, M., Idris, L. and Poulston, A. (2021). The impact of varying class sizes on epidemic spread in a university population. Roy. Soc. Open Science, 8:210712. Best, A. and Ashby, B. (2021). Evolutionarily stable strategies are well studied in periodically fluctuating populations. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 118:e2102001118 Ashby, B. and Best, A. (2021). Herd Immunity. Curr. Biol., 31:R1-R5. Ferris, C., Wright, R., Brockhurst, M. and Best, A. (2020). The evolution of host resistance and parasite infectivity is highest in seasonal resource environments that oscillate at intermediate amplitudes. Proc. Roy, Soc. B. 287:20200787. Best, A., Jubrail, J., Boots, M., Dockerell, D. and Marriott, H. (2020). A mathematical model shows that macrophages delay Staphylococcus aureus replication, but limitations in microbicidal capacity restrict the extent of bacterial clearance. J. Theor. Biol. 497:110256. Ferris, C. and Best, A. (2019). The effect of temporal fluctuations on the evolution of host tolerance to parasitism. Theor. Pop. Biol., In Press. Vitale, C. and Best, A. (2019). The impact of selective predation on host-parasite SIS dynamics. Bull. Math. Biol., In Press. Vitale, C. and Best, A. (2019). The paradox of tolerance: Parasite extinction due to the evolution of host defence. J. Theor. Biol. 474:78-87. Ashby, B., Iritani, R. Best, A. and Boots, M. (2018). Understanding the role of eco-evolutionary feedbacks in host-parasite coevolution. J. Theor. Biol. 464:115-125. Best, A. (2018). Host-pathogen coevolution in the presence of predators: fluctuating selection and ecological feedbacks. Proc. R. Soc. B., 285:20180928. Boots, M. and Best, A. (2018). The evolution of constitutive vs induced defense to infectious disease. Proc. R. Soc. B., 285:20180658. Ferris, C. and Best, A. (2018). The evolution of host defence to parasitism in fluctuating environments. J. Theor. Biol., 440:58-65. Best, A., Ashby, B., White, A., Bowers, R., Buckling, A., Koskella, B and Boots, M. (2017). Host-parasite fluctuating selection in the absence of specificity. Proc. R. Soc. B., 284:20171615. Best, A., White, A. and Boots, M. (2017). The evolution of host defence when parasites impact reproduction. Evol. Ecol. Res., 18. Toor, J. and Best, A. (2016). The evolution of host defence against two enemies. Am. Nat., 187:308-319. Hesse, E., Best, A., Boots, M., Hall, A. and Buckling, A. (2015). Spatial heterogeneity lowers rather than increases diversity by reducing host-parasite specialisation. J. Evol. Biol., 28:1682-1690. Best A., Bowers, R, and White, A. (2015). Evolution, the loss of diversity and the role of trade-offs. Math. Biosci., 264:86-93. Westra, E., van Houte, S., Oyesiku-Blakemore, S., Makin, B., Broniewski, J. Best, A., Bondy-Deonmy, J., Davidson, A., Boots, M. and Buckling, A. (2015). Parasite exposure drives selective evolution of constitutive versus inducible defense. Curr. Biol., 25:1043-1049. Toor, J. and Best A. (2015). The evolution of host resistance to disease in the presence of predators. J. Theor. Biol., 365:104-111. Lopez-Pascua, L., Hall, A. R., Best, A., Morgan, A. D., Boots, M. and Buckling, A. (2014). Higher resources decrease fluctuating selection during host-parasite coevolution. Ecology Letters. Boots, M., White, A, Best, A. and Bowers, R. (2014). How specificity and epidemiology drive the coevolution of static trait diversity in hosts and parasites. Evolution, 68:1594-1606 Best A., White, A, and Boots, M. (2014). The coevolutionary implications of host tolerance. Evolution. 68:1426-1435 Best A. and Hoyle, A. (2013). A limited host immune
range facilitates the creation and maintenance of diversity in parasite
virulence. Interface Focus,
3:20130024. Best A. (2013). The effects of seasonal forcing on invertebrate-disease interactions with immune priming. Bull. Math. Biol. 75:2241-2256. |