Apes, lice and prehistory

Although most epidemic human infectious diseases are caused by recently introduced pathogens, cospeciation of parasite and host is commonplace for endemic infections. Occasional host infidelity, however, provides the endemic parasite with an opportunity to survive the potential extinction of its hos...

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Autor principal: Weiss, Robin A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19232074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol114
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description Although most epidemic human infectious diseases are caused by recently introduced pathogens, cospeciation of parasite and host is commonplace for endemic infections. Occasional host infidelity, however, provides the endemic parasite with an opportunity to survive the potential extinction of its host. Such infidelity may account for the survival of certain types of human lice, and it is currently exemplified by viruses such as HIV.
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spelling pubmed-26877692009-08-10 Apes, lice and prehistory Weiss, Robin A J Biol Review Although most epidemic human infectious diseases are caused by recently introduced pathogens, cospeciation of parasite and host is commonplace for endemic infections. Occasional host infidelity, however, provides the endemic parasite with an opportunity to survive the potential extinction of its host. Such infidelity may account for the survival of certain types of human lice, and it is currently exemplified by viruses such as HIV. BioMed Central 2009 2009-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2687769/ /pubmed/19232074 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol114 Text en Copyright © 2009 BioMed Central Ltd
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Apes, lice and prehistory
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19232074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol114
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