The ecology of genetically diverse infections

Science

Volumn 292, Issue 5519, 2001, Pages 1099-1102

  Read, Andrew F ^a   Taylor, Louise H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

GENETIC DIVERSITY; INFECTIONS;

DISEASES;

EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITIC DISEASES; PLASMODIUM; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035844068     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1059410     Document Type: Review

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