Harbouring public good mutants within a pathogen population can increase both fitness and virulence
Existing theory, empirical, clinical and field research all predict that reducing the virulence of individuals within a pathogen population will reduce the overall virulence, rendering disease less severe. Here, we show that this seemingly successful disease management strategy can fail with devasta...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2016-12-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/18678 |