Evolution of plastic transmission strategies in avian malaria.
Malaria parasites have been shown to adjust their life history traits to changing environmental conditions. Parasite relapses and recrudescences--marked increases in blood parasite numbers following a period when the parasite was either absent or present at very low levels in the blood, respectively...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-09-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4161439?pdf=render |