The curse of the pharaoh in space: Free-living infectious stages and the evolution of virulence in spatially explicit populations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 435-441

  Kamo, Masashi ^a   Boots, Michael ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Disease; Evolution; Model; Optimality; Pathogens; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; PATHOGEN; SIMULATION; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVOLUTION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; REPRODUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 6344285502     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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