The Evolution of Virulence in Vector-Borne and Directly Transmitted Parasites

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 199-213

  Day, Troy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION MODELING; VECTOR; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; REPRODUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036727929     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.2002.1595     Document Type: Article

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