Virulence trade-off hypothesis
Description
Visualization of how virulence affects transmissibility of a microorganism. The lower the virulence of a microorganism, the higher the likelihood it will actually be transmitted to another susceptible individual. On the other hand, if a microorganism is highly virulent, the likelihood of it being transmitted to another susceptible individual is lowered, since the host will die sooner and thus the infectious period will be shorter.
Acknowledgements
References
Boots, M. (2015). The need for evolutionarily rational disease interventions: Vaccination can select for higher virulence. PLOS Biology, 13(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002236
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