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Rapid evolution as a possible constraint on emerging infectious diseases
2010-09-15
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Summary 1. Emerging infectious diseases may decimate populations or become endemic, but such worst‐case scenarios do not occur as frequently as might be expected, even for virulent parasites. 2. One explanation for this apparent paradox is that rapid evolution of host resistance may diminish or terminate epidemics. Theoretical and empirical studies have shown that evolution in host–parasite systems can dramaticall...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9c3a9239-bb45-5236-af69-06ddcd4358c4
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02499.x