Emerging pathogen evolution
Camille Bonneaud, Ben Longdon
Abstract
Evolutionary biology is key to potentially predicting virulence and transmission after a pathogen jumps into a new host species. This knowledge would be valuable for designing public health strategies.
Topics & Concepts
PathogenBiologyVirulenceKey (lock)Evolutionary biologyHuman pathogenTransmission (telecommunications)Computational biologyGeneticsEcologyComputer scienceGeneTelecommunicationsEvolution and Genetic DynamicsZoonotic diseases and public healthViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology