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  • Evolutionary biology
  • Epidemiology
  • Ecology

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  • Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) presents diverse clinical outcomes in ruminants, influenced by geography and host species.
  • Varied EHD infection patterns in northern deer, southern deer, and African cattle offer insights into environmental impacts on host defense evolution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a Darwinian pathogen-epidemic model integrating host-pathogen dynamics and the evolution of resistance and tolerance.
  • To investigate how environmental factors and host-intrinsic characteristics influence the evolution of host defense strategies against EHD.

Main Methods:

  • Coupling host-pathogen population dynamics with the evolution of resistance and tolerance traits.
  • Utilizing a Darwinian pathogen-epidemic model to analyze basic reproduction number ($ \mathcal{R}_0 $) and equilibrium stability.
  • Employing numerical simulations to explore the impact of pathogen burden, transmission rates, and host factors on defense evolution.

Main Results:

  • The evolution of resistance and tolerance can stabilize disease dynamics and promote bistability.
  • High pathogen burden and transmission favor tolerance, while low burden favors resistance.
  • Environmental exposure patterns (intermittent, seasonal, endemic) correlate with specific evolved defenses (none, resistance, tolerance).

Conclusions:

  • Environmental exposure and host-intrinsic factors critically shape host defense evolution against pathogens like EHD virus.
  • Disease vector control strategies (continuous vs. periodic) can influence the evolution of host defense mechanisms.
  • Findings provide a framework for understanding and managing EHD and similar diseases in wildlife and livestock.