Article
Mutant emergence timing and population immunisation status impact epidemiological dynamics.
Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Jul 2025
Reyné Bastien, Djidjou-Demasse Ramsès, Sofonea Mircea T, Alizon Samuel
Abstract excerpt
A key question in evolutionary epidemiology is to determine differences in the conditions that may allow some mutant strains to spread in a population where a resident strain is already circulating. Evolutionary invasion analyses assume that the immunity is long-lasting for previously infected individuals making it difficult to study traits such as immune escape. We relax this last assumption and allow the...
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- Humans
- COVID-19
- SARS-CoV-2
- Mutation
- Immunization
- Time Factors
