Experimental manipulation of immune-mediated disease and its fitness costs for rodent malaria parasites

Background Explaining parasite virulence (harm to the host) represents a major challenge for evolutionary and biomedical scientists alike. Most theoretical models of virulence evolution assume that virulence arises as a direct consequence of host exploitation, the process whereby parasites convert h...
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Autor*in:

Long, Gráinne H [verfasserIn]

Chan, Brian HK

Allen, Judith E

Read, Andrew F

Graham, Andrea L

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2008

Schlagwörter:

Malaria

Parasite Density

Parasite Load

Rodent Malaria

Parasite Genotype

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© Long et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2008

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Enthalten in: BMC evolutionary biology - London : BioMed Central, 2001, 8(2008), 1 vom: 30. Apr.

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volume:8 ; year:2008 ; number:1 ; day:30 ; month:04

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1471-2148-8-128

Katalog-ID:

SPR026959453

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