Local Interactions Select for Lower Pathogen Infectivity

Theory suggests that the current rapid increase in connectivity and consequential changes in the structure of human, agricultural, and wildlife populations may select for parasite strains with higher infectivity. We carried out a test of this spatial theory by experimentally altering individual host...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2007-03, Vol.315 (5816), p.1284-1286
Hauptverfasser:	Boots, Michael, Mealor, Michael
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analysis of Variance Animal populations Animals Biological and medical sciences Biological Evolution Disease transmission Epidemiology. Vaccinations Evolution Food Food movements Foodborne illnesses Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution Granulovirus - pathogenicity Granulovirus - physiology Infectious diseases Insect larvae Insecta Invertebrates Larva - physiology Larva - virology Medical sciences Microbiology Moths - physiology Moths - virology Movement Parasite hosts Parasites Pathogens Pathology Population structure Replicative cycle, interference, host-virus relations, pathogenicity, miscellaneous strains Selection, Genetic Theory Virology Viruses Viscosity
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