Co-infection and super-infection models in evolutionary epidemiology
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Co-infection and super-infection models in evolutionary epidemiology.
Multiple infections are intensively studied because of their consequences for the health of the host but also because they can radically alter the selective pressures acting on parasites. I discuss how multiple infections have been modelled in evolutionary epidemiology. First, I briefly mention within-host models, which are at the root of these epidemiological models. Then, I present the super-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interface Focus
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2042-8898,2042-8901
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2013.0031