The curse of the pharaoh in space: free-living infectious stages and the evolution of virulence in spatially explicit populations

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.07.005zbMath1464.92246OpenAlexW2016768616WikidataQ57937965 ScholiaQ57937965MaRDI QIDQ2186583

Michael Boots, Masashi Kamo

Publication date: 9 June 2020

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.07.005

zbMATH Keywords

simulationoptimalitycellular automataevolutionmodeldiseasepathogens

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Problems related to evolution (92D15) Cellular automata (computational aspects) (68Q80)

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Cites Work

• A competitive exclusion principle for pathogen virulence
• The evolution of virulence in vector-borne and directly transmitted parasites
• Epidemiology and genetics in the coevolution of parasites and hosts

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