Sin nombre virus and rodent species diversity: a test of the dilution and amplification hypotheses.

BACKGROUND:Species diversity is proposed to greatly impact the prevalence of pathogens. Two predominant hypotheses, the "Dilution Effect" and the "Amplification Effect", predict divergent outcomes with respect to the impact of species diversity. The Dilution Effect predicts that...

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Main Authors: Christine A Clay, Erin M Lehmer, Stephen St Jeor, M Denise Dearing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2714068?pdf=render