Fitness of parasites: Pathology and selection

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Combes, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

adaptation; arms race; fitness; host behaviour; life cycle; maladaptation; parasite transmission; pathogenicity; reproductive success; specificity; virulence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FITNESS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HEALTH STATUS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; SELECTION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

FITNESS; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY;

EID: 0030613151     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00168-3     Document Type: Review

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