Superinfections can induce evolutionarily stable coexistence of pathogens

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 635-672

  Boldin, Barbara ^a   Diekmann, Odo ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction ratio; Coexistence; CSS; ESS; Evolution; Evolutionary branching; Evolutionary suicide; Invasibility; Nested model; Optimization; Pairwise invasibility plot; Pathogen; Singular strategy; Superinfection; Virulence; Within host dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EVOLUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SUPERINFECTION; VIRULENCE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUPERINFECTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 38749099829     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-007-0135-1     Document Type: Article

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