Article
Proliferation in malaria parasites: how resource limitation can prevent evolution of greater virulence
2023-12-16
Abstract excerpt
For parasites, robust proliferation within hosts is crucial for establishing the infection and creating opportunities for onward transmission. While faster proliferation enhances transmission rates, it is often assumed to curtail transmission duration by killing the host (virulence), a tradeoff constraining parasite evolution. Yet in many diseases, including malaria, the preponderance of infections with mild or ab...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3ed084f0-8dd7-5841-83bb-1bd9b7a22111
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.12.16.571859