Local interactions select for lower pathogen infectivity

Science

Volumn 315, Issue 5816, 2007, Pages 1284-1286

  Boots, Michael ^a   Mealor, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; PARASITE; PARASITISM; PATHOGEN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOOD; GRANULOVIRUS; LARVA; MOTHS; MOVEMENT; SELECTION (GENETICS); VISCOSITY;

EID: 33847608276     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1137126     Document Type: Article

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