The adaptive evolution of virulence: A review of theoretical predictions and empirical tests

Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 915-930

  Cressler, Clayton E ^a   McLeod, David V ^a   Rozins, Carly ^a   Van Den Hoogen, Josée ^a   Day, Troy ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary medicine; infectious disease; Tradeoff hypothesis

Indexed keywords

VACCINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CROSS REACTION; EMPIRICISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LONGEVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84940063093     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201500092X     Document Type: Review

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