Interactions among virulence, coinfection and drug resistance in a complex life-cycle parasite

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.03.040zbMath1397.92413OpenAlexW2077040093WikidataQ43728641 ScholiaQ43728641MaRDI QIDQ1784394

Zhilan Feng, Dashun Xu, Dennis J. Minchella, Gregory J. Sandland

Publication date: 26 September 2018

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.03.040

zbMATH Keywords

polymorphismmathematical modelsschistosomiasiscoinfection of intermediate hostparasite evolution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Problems related to evolution (92D15) Medical epidemiology (92C60)

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