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Beyond Mortality: Sterility As a Neglected Component of Parasite Virulence
Virulence is generally defined as the reduction in host fitness following infection by a parasite (see Box 1 for glossary) [1]. In general, parasite exploitation of host resources may reduce host survival (mortality virulence), decrease host fecundity (sterility virulence), or even have sub-lethal e...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4669155/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26632822 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005229 |