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Pathogen Virulence Evolution

Pathogen Virulence Evolution is a theoretical construct in evolutionary biology that explains the process by which the harm a pathogen causes to its host, as a trait under natural selection, evolves in response to ecological and coevolutionary dynamics between host and pathogen populations.

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25.6K

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1.1K

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473

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2017–2026

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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

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Virulence evolution and the trade‐off hypothesis: history, current state of affairs and the future

Samuel Alizon, Amy Hurford, Nicole Mideo et al. · Journal of Evolutionary Biology · 2008 · 963 citations · Full text

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Evolution of infectious disease

Choice Reviews Online · 1994 · 731 citations

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Imperfect vaccines and the evolution of pathogen virulence

Sylvain Gandon, Margaret J. Mackinnon, Sean Nee et al. · Nature · 2001 · 648 citations

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Parallel evolution of virulence in pathogenic Escherichia coli

Sean D. Reid, Corinne J. Herbelin, Alyssa C. Bumbaugh et al. · Nature · 2000 · 502 citations

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Authors

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  1. TD
    Troy Day

    Queen's University, Canada

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. AF
    Andrew F. Read

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    9 publications · 1.6K citations

    9

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  3. SG
    Sylvain Gandon

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. PH
    Peter H. Thrall

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. JL
    Jouni Laakso

    University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    6 publications · 333 citations

    6

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Institutions

473

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    51 publications

    9K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    43 publications

    3.9K citations

  3. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    27 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    12 h-index

    28 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    3.9K citations

  6. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    3.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Evolution

    27 publications · 1.9K citations

    24

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  2. 16

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  3. The American Naturalist

    AN · 16 publications · 1.4K citations

    14

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 10 publications · 1.3K citations

    10

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  5. Journal of Theoretical Biology

    10 publications · 750 citations

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