Viral evolution and the competitive exclusion principle

Bioscience Hypotheses

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 168-171

  Burattini, M N ^a   Coutinho, F A B ^a   Massad, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Coexistence; Competition; Viral evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPERINFECTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 50149085724     PISSN: 17562392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bihy.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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