Article
The epidemiological feedbacks critical to the evolution of host immunity.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Nov 2015
Donnelly R, White A, Boots M
Abstract excerpt
We examine in detail how epidemiological feedbacks combine with costs and benefits to determine the evolution of resistance by systematically analysing continuously stable strategies (CSS) for different host-parasite frameworks. The mode of resistance (innate versus acquired), the nature of the host (i.e. life-history and immunological memory) and the nature of the disease (effects on fertility or mortality) all...
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