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Host heterogeneity is a determinant of competitive exclusion or coexistence in genetically diverse malaria infections.

During an infection, malaria parasites compete for limited amounts of food and enemy-free space. Competition affects parasite growth rate, transmission and virulence, and is thus important for parasite evolution. Much evolutionary theory assumes that virulent clones outgrow avirulent ones, favouring...

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Auteurs principaux: de Roode, Jacobus C., Culleton, Richard, Cheesman, Sandra J., Carter, Richard, Read, Andrew F.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: 2004
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1691691/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15293862
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.2695
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