The effects of host contact network structure on pathogen diversity and strain structure.
For many important pathogens, mechanisms promoting antigenic variation, such as mutation and recombination, facilitate immune evasion and promote strain diversity. However, mathematical models have shown that host immune responses to polymorphic antigens can structure pathogen populations into discr...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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