Harbouring public good mutants within a pathogen population can increase both fitness and virulence

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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Main Authors: Richard J Lindsay, Michael J Kershaw, Bogna J Pawlowska, Nicholas J Talbot, Ivana Gudelj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-12-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Magnaporthe oryzae
virulence reduction strategies
competitive exclusion
synthetic ecology
public goods cooperation
metabolic trade-offs
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/18678

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