Population biology of multihost pathogens

Science

Volumn 292, Issue 5519, 2001, Pages 1109-1112

  Woolhouse, Mark E J ^a   Taylor, Louise H ^a   Haydon, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

POPULATION BIOLOGY;

MICROORGANISMS;

EVOLUTION; HOST RANGE; PATHOGEN;

BIOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERINFECTION; THEORY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MUTATION; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035844043     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1059026     Document Type: Review

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60. We gratefully acknowledge colleagues at the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine for valuable discussions, and the Wellcome Trust for financial support.