Co-infections determine patterns of mortality in a population exposed to parasite infection

Many individual hosts are infected with multiple parasite species, and this may increase or decrease the pathogenicity of the infections. This phenomenon is termed heterologous reactivity and is potentially an important determinant of both patterns of morbidity and mortality and of the impact of dis...

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Main Authors:	Woolhouse, Mark E.J., Thumbi, Samuel M., Jennings, A., Chase-Topping, M., Callaby, R., Kiara, Henry K., Oosthuizen, M.C., Mbole-Kariuki, Mary N., Conradie, I., Handel, Ian G., Poole, Elizabeth J., Njiiri, E., Collins, N.E., Murray, G., Tapio, M., Auguet, O.T., Weir, W., Morrison, W. Ivan, Kruuk, L.E.B., Bronsvoort, B.M. de C., Hanotte, Olivier H., Coetzer, K., Toye, Philip G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	American Association for the Advancement of Science 2015
Subjects:	animal diseases
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/59824