Article
Trade-offs between and within scales: environmental persistence and within-host fitness of avian influenza viruses.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Jul 2014
Handel Andreas, Lebarbenchon Camille, Stallknecht David, Rohani Pejman
Abstract excerpt
Trade-offs between different components of a pathogen's replication and transmission cycle are thought to be common. A number of studies have identified trade-offs that emerge across scales, reflecting the tension between strategies that optimize within-host proliferation and large-scale population spread. Most of these studies are theoretical in nature, with direct experimental tests of such cross-scale...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
