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Immunity Promotes Virulence Evolution in a Malaria Model

Evolutionary models predict that host immunity will shape the evolution of parasite virulence. While some assumptions of these models have been tested, the actual evolutionary outcome of immune selection on virulence has not. Using the mouse malaria model, Plasmodium chabaudi, we experimentally test...

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Autores principales: Mackinnon, Margaret J, Read, Andrew F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC434153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15221031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020230