The coevolution of virulence: Tolerance in perspective

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Little, Tom J ^a   Shuker, David M ^b   Colegrave, Nick ^a   Day, Troy ^c   Graham, Andrea L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78149349843     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001006     Document Type: Review

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