Parasite transmission modes and the evolution of virulence

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2389-2400

  Day, Troy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Parasite; Pathogen; Transmission rate; Virulence evolution

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; PARASITE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035544540     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00754.x     Document Type: Article

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