High virulence is associated with pathogen spreadability in a songbird–bacterial system
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220975
Abstract: How directly transmitted pathogens benefit from harming hosts is key to understanding virulence evolution. It is recognized that pathogens benefit from high within-host loads, often associated with virulence. However, high virulence may also directly augment… read more here.
Keywords: pathogen spreadability; system; high virulence; virulence ... See more keywords