The evolution of covert, silent infection as a parasite strategy

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1665, 2009, Pages 2217-2226

  Sorrell, Ian ^a   White, Andrew ^b   Pedersen, Amy B ^a   Hails, Rosemary S ^c   Boots, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covert; Disease; Evolution; Latent; Model; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SEASONAL VARIATION; STERILITY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 66749146235     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1915     Document Type: Article

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