Transmission-clearance trade-offs indicate that dengue virulence evolution depends on epidemiological context

Theory predicts that pathogens will evolve towards intermediate virulence, yet the necessary trade-offs invoked by this theory have rarely been demonstrated empirically. Here, the authors show that dengue virus dynamics exhibit a trade-off between transmission and clearance rates.

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Main Authors: Rotem Ben-Shachar, Katia Koelle
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/65534d1c53ab449390d58f6025fa28d3
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