Mixed infections and the evolution of virulence: Effects of resource competition, parasite plasticity, and impaired host immunity

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Choisy, Marc ^a   De Roode, Jacobus C ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition for host resources; Evolution of virulence; Host immunity; Mixed infections; Parasite phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENERATION TIME; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE;

EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77951088205     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651587     Document Type: Article

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