Spatial pattern switching enables cyclic evolution in spatial epidemics.

Infectious diseases often spread as spatial epidemic outbreak waves. A number of model studies have shown that such spatial pattern formation can have important consequences for the evolution of pathogens. Here, we show that such spatial patterns can cause cyclic evolutionary dynamics in selection f...

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Main Authors: Maarten Chris Boerlijst, Willem Marijn van Ballegooijen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3000349?pdf=render