'Small worlds' and the evolution of virulence: Infection occurs locally and at a distance

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1432, 1999, Pages 1933-1938

  Boots, Michael ^a,b   Sasaki, Akira ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lattice model; Parasite evolution; Spatial structure; Vector borne disease; Water borne disease

Indexed keywords

WATER;

EVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0033533781     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0869     Document Type: Article

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