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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Hlavní autoři: Leggett, H, Cornwallis, C, Buckling, A, West, S
Médium: Journal article
Vydáno: Royal Society 2017

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