Experimental manipulation of immune-mediated disease and its fitness costs for rodent malaria parasites

BACKGROUND: Explaining parasite virulence (harm to the host) represents a major challenge for evolutionary and biomedical scientists alike. Most theoretical models of virulence evolution assume that virulence arises as a direct consequence of host exploitation, the process whereby parasites convert...

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Autores principales: Long, Gráinne H, Chan, Brian HK, Allen, Judith E, Read, Andrew F, Graham, Andrea L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2391164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18447949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-128

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