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The Evolution and Maintenance of Virulence in Microparasites

1 Jun 1996

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In recent years, population and evolutionary biologists have questioned the traditional view that parasite-mediated morbidity and mortality¿virulence¿is a primitive character and an artifact of recent associations between parasites and their hosts. A number of hypotheses have been proposed that favor virulence and suggest that it will be maintained by natural selection. According to some of these hypotheses, the...

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PMID: 8903208
DOI: 10.3201/eid0202.960203

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