Altered life history strategies protect malaria parasites against drugs

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 442-455

  Birget, Philip L G ^a   Greischar, Megan A ^b   Reece, Sarah E ^a   Mideo, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

gametocytes; life history evolution; nonclassical drug resistance; Plasmodium; pyrimethamine; transmission investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032906987     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12516     Document Type: Article

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