Harbouring public good mutants within a pathogen population can increase both fitness and virulence

Existing theory, empirical, clinical and field research all predict that reducing the virulence of individuals within a pathogen population will reduce the overall virulence, rendering disease less severe. Here, we show that this seemingly successful disease management strategy can fail with devasta...

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Autores principales: Lindsay, Richard J, Kershaw, Michael J, Pawlowska, Bogna J, Talbot, Nicholas J, Gudelj, Ivana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2016
Materias:
Ecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28029337
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18678

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28029337
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18678

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