Multiple infections and the evolution of virulence

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 556-567

  Alizon, Samuel ^a   de Roode, Jacobus C ^b   Michalakis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Epidemiology; Kin selection; Overall virulence; Superinfection; Transmission; Vector; Within host competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931749032     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12076     Document Type: Article

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