Evolution of pathogen virulence across space during an epidemic

American Naturalist

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 332-342

  Osnas, Erik E ^a,c   Hurtado, Paul J ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

House finch; Invasion; Movement; Mycoplasma; Trade off

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GROWTH RATE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; SONGBIRD; TRADE-OFF; VIRULENCE;

CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMATALES; VIR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIRD DISEASE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PASSERIFORMES; PATHOGENICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRD DISEASES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PASSERIFORMES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84922698545     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679734     Document Type: Article

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