The evolution of virulence in primate malaria parasites based on Bayesian reconstructions of ancestral states

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-212

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Markov chain; Mortality; Phylogeny; Vector borne infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; MARKOV CHAIN; MORTALITY; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; RANDOM WALK METHOD; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PRIMATE; PROBABILITY; RACE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

PLASMODIUM PARASITES; PRIMATES;

EID: 79151478720     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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