Ecological and genetic determinants of multiple infection and aggregation in a microbial host-parasite system.

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The number of parasites colonizing a host (termed 'multiple infection') is an important determinant of host-parasite interactions. In theory, multiple infection is determined by random mass action in genetically and spatially homogeneous populations of host and parasite. In real populations, deviations from these assumptions may strongly influence levels of multiple infection. We carried out inoculation...

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