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Which ‘imperfect vaccines’ encourage the evolution of higher virulence?

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Theory suggests that some types of vaccines against infectious pathogens may lead to the evolution of variants that cause increased harm, particularly when they infect unvaccinated individuals. This theory was supported by the observation that the use of an imperfect vacci...

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Autores principales: Bull, James J, Antia, Rustom
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9081871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35539897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoac015