Ancient host-pathogen associations maintained by specificity of chemotaxis and antibiosis.
Switching by parasites to novel hosts has profound effects on ecological and evolutionary disease dynamics. Switching requires that parasites are able to establish contact with novel hosts and to overcome host defenses. For most host-parasite associations, it is unclear as to what specific mechanism...
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-07-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040235&type=printable |
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