Experimental evolution of a pathogen confronted with innate immune memory increases variation in virulence.

Understanding the drivers and mechanisms of virulence evolution is still a major goal of evolutionary biologists and epidemiologists. Theory predicts that the way virulence evolves depends on the balance between the benefits and costs it provides to pathogen fitness. Additionally, host responses to...

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Main Authors: Ana Korša, Moritz Baur, Nora K E Schulz, Jaime M Anaya-Rojas, Alexander Mellmann, Joachim Kurtz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012839
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