Borer, Elizabeth T.Antonovics, JanisKinkel, Linda L.Hudson, Peter J.Daszak, PeterFerrari, Matthew J.Garrett, Karen A.Parrish, Colin R.Read, Andrew F.Rizzo, David M.2012-05-312012-05-312011-04-01http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13876Citation: Borer, E.T., & Antonovics, J. (2011). Bridging Taxonomic and Disciplinary Divides in Infectious Disease. EcoHealth 8, 261–267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-011-0718-6Pathogens traverse disciplinary and taxonomic boundaries, yet infectious disease research occurs in many separate disciplines including plant pathology, veterinary and human medicine, and ecological and evolutionary sciences. These disciplines have different traditions, goals, and terminology, creating gaps in communication. Bridging these disciplinary and taxonomic gaps promises novel insights and important synergistic advances in control of infectious disease. An approach integrated across the plant-animal divide would advance our understanding of disease by quantifying critical processes including transmission, community interactions, pathogen evolution, and complexity at multiple spatial and temporal scales. These advances require more substantial investment in basic disease research.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0), which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.EpidemicsWithin-host dynamicsPredictionPreventionCross-species transmissionInvasive speciesArticle (publisher version)