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Causes of variation in malaria infection dynamics: insights from theory and data.
The American naturalist - 1 Dec 2011
Mideo Nicole, Savill Nicholas J, Chadwick William, Schneider Petra, Read Andrew F, Day Troy, Reece Sarah E
Abstract excerpt
Parasite strategies for exploiting host resources are key determinants of disease severity (i.e., virulence) and infectiousness (i.e., transmission between hosts). By iterating the development of theory and empirical tests, we investigated whether variation in parasite traits across two genetically distinct clones of the rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium chabaudi, explains differences in within-host infection...
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