Ecological conditions that favor the evolution of intermediate-virulence in an environmentally transmitted parasite

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-402

  Golinski, Michael ^a   Barany, Ernest ^a   Ballyk, Mary ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental transmission; Free living parasite; Intermediate virulence hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICS; PARASITOSIS; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITIC DISEASES; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 26444611228     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-005-0326-6     Document Type: Article

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