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Growth rate, transmission mode and virulence in human pathogens
The harm that pathogens cause to hosts during infection, termed virulence, varies across species from negligible to a high likelihood of rapid death. Classic theory for the evolution of virulence is based on a trade-off between pathogen growth, transmission and host survival, which predicts that hig...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5352820/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28289261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0094 |