Adaptive Virulence Evolution is a theoretical framework in evolutionary epidemiology that explains the emergence and maintenance of pathogen virulence levels as a consequence of natural selection optimizing transmission fitness in host-pathogen interactions.
102
Publications
9.8K
Citations
513
Authors
276
Institutions
Publications per year
2017–2026
32
Parents
Publications
102
Sex and virulence in <i>Escherichia coli</i>: an evolutionary perspective
Thierry Wirth, Daniel Falush, Ruiting Lan et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2006 · 2K citations · Full text
Imperfect vaccines and the evolution of pathogen virulence
Sylvain Gandon, Margaret J. Mackinnon, Sean Nee et al. · Nature · 2001 · 648 citations
1–5 of 102
Authors
513
- GS
3
h-index
- NM
3
h-index
- AF
3
h-index
- IM
3
h-index
- JL
2
h-index
1–5 of 513
Institutions
276
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
10 h-index
25 publications
9.3K citations
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Paris, France
9 h-index
27 publications
1.4K citations
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
6 h-index
12 publications
3.3K citations
Université de Montpellier
Montpellier, France
4 h-index
21 publications
981 citations
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Marseille, France
4 h-index
14 publications
442 citations
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
4 h-index
15 publications
990 citations
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
4 h-index
8 publications
290 citations
Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
3 h-index
8 publications
239 citations
1–8 of 276
Venues
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
8 publications · 1.2K citations
8
h-index
- Evolution
7 publications · 735 citations
7
h-index
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PNAS · 4 publications · 386 citations
4
h-index
- PLoS ONE
4 publications · 177 citations
4
h-index
- Nature
3 publications · 866 citations
3
h-index
1–5