The causes and consequences of changes in virulence following pathogen host shifts.

The causes and consequences of changes in virulence following pathogen host shifts.

Emerging infectious diseases are often the result of a host shift, where the pathogen originates from a different host species. Virulence--the harm a pathogen does to its host-can be extremely high following a host shift (for example Ebola, HIV, and SARs), while other host shifts may go undetected a...

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Main Authors: Ben Longdon, Jarrod D Hadfield, Jonathan P Day, Sophia C L Smith, John E McGonigle, Rodrigo Cogni, Chuan Cao, Francis M Jiggins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004728

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004728

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