Selection for high and low virulence in the malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1420, 1999, Pages 741-748

  Mackinnon, M J ^a   Read, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Malaria; Plasmodium chabaudi; Virulence

Indexed keywords

MALARIA; PARASITE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOUSE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033531696     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0699     Document Type: Article

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