The transmission-virulence trade-off and superinfection: Comments to smith

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3633-3638

  Alizon, Samuel ^a   Michalakis, Yannis ^a  

^a University de Montpellier   (France)

Author keywords

Host density; Plasmids; Price equation; Superinfection; Trade off; Transmission routes; Virulence evolution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 82755182556     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01432.x     Document Type: Note

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