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Bridging scales in the evolution of infectious disease life histories: application.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2011
Mideo Nicole, Nelson William A, Reece Sarah E, Bell Andrew S, Read Andrew F, Day Troy
Abstract excerpt
Within- and between-host disease processes occur on the same timescales, therefore changes in the within-host dynamics of parasites, resources, and immunity can interact with changes in the epidemiological dynamics to affect evolutionary outcomes. Consequently, studies of the evolution of disease life histories, that is, infection-age-specific patterns of transmission and virulence, have been constrained by the...
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