The consequences of spatial structure for the evolution of pathogen transmission rate and virulence

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 444-454

  Messinger, Susanna M ^a   Ostling, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition persistence trade off; Pathogen evolution; Pathogen virulence; Spatial structure; Transmission rate

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PATHOGENICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE-OFF; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 70349413147     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605375     Document Type: Article

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