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Intensive fish farming and the evolution of pathogen virulence: the case of columnaris disease in Finland by Pulkkinen, K., Suomalainen, L.-R., Read, A. F., Ebert, D., Rintamäki, P., Valtonen, E. T.

“… This effect is intensified by the recent increases in summer water temperature. More generally, we predict that intensive fish farming will lead to the…”
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Partitioning Regulatory Mechanisms of Within-Host Malaria Dynamics Using the Effective Propagation Number by Metcalf, C. J. E., Graham, A. L., Huijben, S., Barclay, V. C., Long, G. H., Grenfell, B. T., Read, A. F., Bjørnstad, O. N.

“…Immune clearance and resource limitation (via red blood cell depletion) shape the peaks and troughs of malaria parasitemia, which in turn affect disease…”
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Imperfect vaccines and the evolution of pathogen virulence by Gandon, Sylvain, Mackinnon, Margaret J, Nee, Sean, Read, Andrew F

“…Vaccines rarely provide full protection from disease. Nevertheless, partially effective (imperfect) vaccines may be used to protect both individuals and whole…”
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Virulence evolution in response to vaccination: The case of malaria by Mackinnon, M.J, Gandon, S, Read, A.F

“…Abstract One theory of why some pathogens are virulent (i.e., they damage their host) is that they need to extract resources from their host in order to…”
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The fitness of drug‐resistant malaria parasites in a rodent model: multiplicity of infection by HUIJBEN, S., SIM, D. G., NELSON, W. A., READ, A. F.

“…Malaria infections normally consist of more than one clonally replicating lineage. Within‐host interactions between sensitive and resistant parasites can have…”
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Host densities as determinants of abundance in parasite communities by Arneberg, Per, Skorping, Arne, Grenfell, Bryan, Read, Andrew F.

“…Several epidemiological models predict a positive relationship between host population density and abundance of directly transmitted macroparasites. Here, we…”
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A pluralist approach to sex and recombination by West, SA, Lively, C M, Read, A F

“…One of the greatest challenges for evolutionary biology is explaining the widespread occurrence of sexual reproduction and the associated process of genetic…”
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MOSQUITO MORTALITY AND THE EVOLUTION OF MALARIA VIRULENCE by Ferguson, H. M, Mackinnon, M. J, Chan, B. H, Read, A. F

“…Several laboratory studies of malaria parasites (Plasmodium sp.) and some field observations suggest that parasite virulence, defined as the harm a parasite…”
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The control of morph development in the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti by Harvey, S. C, Gemmill, A. W, Read, A. F, Viney, M. E

“…has a complex life cycle. The progeny of the parasitic females can develop into three distinct morphs, namely directly developing infective third–stage larvae…”
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Chloroquine increases Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis in vitro by Buckling, A, Ranford-Cartwright, L C, Miles, A, Read, A F

“…Malaria parasites are capable of modulating the diversion of resources from asexual growth to the production of stages infective to mosquitoes (gametocytes)…”
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Exact calculation of end-of-outbreak probabilities using contact tracing data by Bradbury, N V, Hart, W S, Lovell-Read, F A, Polonsky, J A, Thompson, R N

“…A key challenge for public health policymakers is determining when an infectious disease outbreak has finished. Following a period without cases, an estimate…”
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Rodent malaria parasites suffer from the presence of conspecific clones in three-clone Plasmodium chabaudi infections by De Roode, J C, Read, A F, Chan, B H K, Mackinnon, M J

“…We studied infection dynamics of Plasmodium chabaudi in mice infected with 3 genetically distinct clones--1 less virulent than the other 2--either on their own…”
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The influence of malaria parasite genetic diversity and anaemia on mosquito feeding and fecundity by Ferguson, H M, Rivero, A, Read, A F

“…Studies of invertebrate-parasite interactions frequently report that infection reduces host fecundity. The extent of the reduction is likely to be determined…”
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A practical guide to mathematical methods for estimating infectious disease outbreak risks by Southall, E., Ogi-Gittins, Z., Kaye, A.R., Hart, W.S., Lovell-Read, F.A., Thompson, R.N.

“…•It is crucial to assess the outbreak risk when a pathogen arrives in a new population.•We review two methods for estimating outbreak risks and their…”
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The effects of host immunity on virulence-transmissibility relationships in the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi by Mackinnon, M J, Read, A F

“…Here we examined the impact of host immunity on relationships between parasite virulence, transmission rate, intrinsic growth rate and host recovery rate in…”
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Genetic and environmental determinants of malaria parasite virulence in mosquitoes by Aguirre, Luis F., Herrel, Anthony, Damme, R. van, Matthysen, E.

“…and the vector,…”
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Reproductive Effort Influences the Prevalence of Haematozoan Parasites in Great Tits by Norris, Ken, Anwar, M., Read, Andrew F.

“…1. The influence of reproductive effort on host susceptibility to parasitism was examined in great tits, Parus major, by comparing the prevalence of…”
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The effect of parasite dose on disease severity in the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi by Timms, R, Colegrave, N, Chan, B H, Read, A F

“…Experiments were designed to look at the relationship between infective dose and disease severity using 2 clones of Plasmodium chabaudi that differ in…”
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The effects of mosquito transmission and population bottlenecking on virulence, multiplication rate and rosetting in rodent malaria by Mackinnon, M.J., Bell, A., Read, A.F.

“…Malaria parasites vary in virulence, but the effects of mosquito transmission on virulence phenotypes have not been systematically analysed. Using six lines of…”
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Selection for high and low virulence in the malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi by Mackinnon, M.J, Read, A.F

“…What stops parasites becoming ever more virulent? Conventional wisdom and most parasite-centered models of the evolution of virulence suppose that risk of host…”
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