Acquired immunity and stochasticity in epidemic intervals impede the evolution of host disease resistance

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 722-730

  Harding, Karin C ^a   Hansen, B Johan L ^a   Goodman, Simon J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired immunity; Periodic disease; Population genetics; Selection regime

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; STOCHASTICITY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANINE DISTEMPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MEASLES VIRUS; STATISTICS;

AGING; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, PHOCINE; GROWTH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; PHOCA; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS;

EID: 28844466712     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497580     Document Type: Article

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