On the principle of host evolution in host–pathogen interactions
In this paper, we use a two-host one pathogen immuno-epidemiological model to argue that the principle for host evolution, when the host is subjected to a fatal disease, is minimization of the case fatality proportion $ \mathcal F $ . This principle is valid whether the disease is chronic or leads t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Biological Dynamics |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17513758.2016.1161089 |