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Virulence Evolution in Malaria

  • Mackinnon M
Springer New York, (2008), 183-197
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-76723-9_14
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Abstract

One evolutionary theory of why some pathogens kill their host (i.e. are virulent) is that they need to extract host resources in order to transmit to new hosts. We have tested this theory in malaria and find it to be a likely explanation for the maintenance of this parasite's virulence in nature.

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Mackinnon, M. J. (2008). Virulence Evolution in Malaria. In Genomics of Disease (pp. 183–197). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76723-9_14

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