Virulence evolution in a virus obeys a trade-off

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1417, 1999, Pages 397-404

  Messenger, Sharon L ^a,b   Molineux, Ian J ^a   Bull, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Experimental; Infectious disease; Microbial evolution; Trade off; Virulence

Indexed keywords

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE; VIRULENCE; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE F1; EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE F1;

EID: 0242445378     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0651     Document Type: Article

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