Prevalence-dependent costs of parasite virulence

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Bedhomme, Stephanie ^a   Agnew, Philip ^b   Vital, Yuri ^b   Sidobre, Christine ^b   Michalakis, Yannis ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Genet Evol Maladies Infectieuses   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOSQUITO; PARASITE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; VAVRAIA CULICIS; YELLOW FEVER; AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PANSPORABLASTINA; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; VAVRAIA CULICIS;

AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; PANSPORABLASTINA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 23944451633     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030262     Document Type: Article

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