Antigenic escape selects for the evolution of higher pathogen transmission and virulence
Akira Sasaki, Sébastien Lion, Mike Boots
Topics & Concepts
VirulenceBiologyAntigenic variationEvolutionary dynamicsEvolutionary biologyPathogenCoevolutionImmune escapeHuman evolutionary geneticsAntigenicityGeneticsAntigenEcologyImmune systemPhylogeneticsDemographyGenePopulationSociologyEvolution and Genetic DynamicsMathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation