Two optimal mutation rates in obligate pathogens subject to deleterious mutation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-158

  O'Fallon, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutation rate; Pathogen evolution; Quasispecies; RNA virus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORWARD MODELING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; MUTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RNA; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; SPECIES INVASION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 79951958656     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.01.033     Document Type: Article

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