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The role of immune-mediated apparent competition in genetically diverse malaria infections.
The American naturalist - 1 Jul 2006
Raberg Lars, de Roode Jacobus C, Bell Andrew S, Stamou Panagiota, Gray David, Read Andrew F
Abstract excerpt
Competitive interactions between coinfecting genotypes of the same pathogen can impose selection on virulence, but the direction of this selection depends on the mechanisms behind the interactions. Here, we investigate how host immune responses contribute to competition between clones in mixed infections of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi. We studied single and mixed infections of a virulent and...
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