Evolution of virulence: Triggering host inflammation allows invading pathogens to exclude competitors

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-51

  Brown, Sam P ^a,b   Le Chat, Ludovic ^c   Taddei, François ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Gut pathogens; Host manipulation; Multiple infection; Niche construction; Parasite epidemiology; Rock paper scissors; Virulence; Within host dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELOPATHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NICHE; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 37149013554     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01125.x     Document Type: Article

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