Within-host competitive interactions as a mechanism for the maintenance of parasite diversity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1675, 2015, Pages

  Bashey, Farrah ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriocins; Coexistence; G G interactions; Parasite diversity; Public goods; Within host competition

Indexed keywords

CHEATING BEHAVIOR; COEXISTENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARASITE; PUBLIC GOODS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES;

EID: 84936980440     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0301     Document Type: Review

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