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A Biosocial Perspective on (COVID-19) Pandemic Outbreaks: Interfaces of Biology and Social Determinants

Integrated Science, ISSN: 2662-947X, Vol: 18, Page: 59-76
2023
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Book Chapter Description

This chapter deals on a theoretical level with the importance of interactions between biological and social factors in the epidemic or pandemic spread of infectious diseases. Biosocial interactions are a fundamental factor in the spread of infections, and a more detailed understanding of these interactions is of scientific and practical interest. To be able to describe systematics, it is proposed to link a classic model of infectious disease epidemiology (the epidemiological triad) and a model of the social determinants of health (ecosocial theory). To illustrate the approach, principles of the biology of infectious diseases are examined more closely to identify possible interfaces with social conditions that make it easier or more difficult for the pathogen to spread. This presentation follows the biological process of an infection from exposure to infection and subsequent disease. Step-by-step, it addresses pathogen characteristics and their implications for the interaction with hosts and their social contexts.

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