The evolution of virulence and host specialization in malaria parasites of primates

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 933-940

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Host specialization; Malaria; Plasmodium; Primates; Virulence

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORTALITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALARIA; MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALARIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATES; REPRODUCTION; VIRULENCE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIMATES;

EID: 33746732367     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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