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Virulence Evolution

Virulence Evolution is the evolutionary process by which the degree of pathogenicity exerted by microbial parasites on their hosts changes over time as a result of natural selection acting on transmission-virulence trade-offs.

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2017–2026

362

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Evolution Of Virulence

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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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Evolutionary dynamics: exploring the equations of life

Choice Reviews Online · 2007 · 1.6K citations

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Sex versus Non-Sex versus Parasite

W D Hamilton · Oikos · 1980 · 1.4K citations

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Molecular Basis for High Virulence of Hong Kong H5N1 Influenza A Viruses

Masato Hatta, Peng Gao, Peter Halfmann et al. · Science · 2001 · 1.3K citations

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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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    Andrew F. Read

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    37 publications · 5.2K citations

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    Sylvain Gandon

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    23 publications · 3.1K citations

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    Dieter Ebert

    University of Basel, Switzerland

    21 publications · 3.8K citations

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    Troy Day

    Queen's University, Canada

    22 publications · 1.8K citations

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    Mike Boots

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 1.5K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    57 h-index

    392 publications

    32.1K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    54 h-index

    175 publications

    26.1K citations

  3. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    41 h-index

    165 publications

    24.6K citations

  4. Institut Pasteur

    Paris, France

    35 h-index

    166 publications

    31.3K citations

  5. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    29 h-index

    72 publications

    7.3K citations

  6. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    28 h-index

    72 publications

    5.2K citations

  7. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    27 h-index

    108 publications

    8.1K citations

  8. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    73 publications

    6.5K citations

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  2. Evolution

    93 publications · 7.4K citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 58 publications · 9.2K citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    57 publications · 3.9K citations

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  5. The American Naturalist

    AN · 47 publications · 5.4K citations

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