Evolution of virulence in emerging epidemics.
Theory predicts that selection for pathogen virulence and horizontal transmission is highest at the onset of an epidemic but decreases thereafter, as the epidemic depletes the pool of susceptible hosts. We tested this prediction by tracking the competition between the latent bacteriophage λ and its...
Main Authors: | Thomas W Berngruber, Rémy Froissart, Marc Choisy, Sylvain Gandon |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-03-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3597519?pdf=render |
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