TY - JOUR
T1 - Coupled microbial and human systems
T2 - Evidence for a relationship between infectious disease and gross national product
AU - Bromage, Tim G.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We provide evidence that maternal metabolic energy is diverted to increased birth rates in nations experiencing high infectious disease risk. The "economic stoichiometry" of such situations limits the availability and distribution of metabolic resources available for national production. Lowering disease risk, and thus the metabolic energy required for replacement human biomass production, makes energy available for national production during the demographic transition, and increases the national GDP.
AB - We provide evidence that maternal metabolic energy is diverted to increased birth rates in nations experiencing high infectious disease risk. The "economic stoichiometry" of such situations limits the availability and distribution of metabolic resources available for national production. Lowering disease risk, and thus the metabolic energy required for replacement human biomass production, makes energy available for national production during the demographic transition, and increases the national GDP.
KW - Demographic transition
KW - Economic stoichiometry
KW - Infectious disease
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02678.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02678.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19220356
AN - SCOPUS:59649109874
SN - 1198-743X
VL - 15
SP - 51
EP - 53
JO - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
JF - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -