The costs and benefits of parasite virulence are analysed in an evolutionarily stable strategy
(ESS) model. Increased host mortality caused by disease (virulence) reduces a parasite's …

A coevolutionary model is developed of the interaction between a host and an internal
parasitoid, where the outcome of parasitism depends upon the extent to which individual …

According to conventional wisdom, parasites and pathogens should evolve reduced
virulence to their hosts, because more virulent parasites and pathogens are more likely to …

Several evolutionary processes influence virulence, the amount of damage a parasite
causes to its host. For example, parasites are favored to exploit their hosts prudently to …

Stability of resistance/susceptibility and virulence/avirulence polymorphisms in a gene-for-
gene host parasite coevolution model was tested by numerical analysis. Computer …

Most models for coevolution of hosts and parasites are based on the assumption that
resistance of hosts to parasites is an all–or–nothing effect. In many cases, for example …

The evolution of parasitic reproductive rates, relative infectiousness and severity of disease
are considered using a game-theoretical model in which parasites compete within hosts …

Analyses of the selection pressures acting on parasite virulence are made more complicated
when individual hosts can simultaneously harbour many different strains or genotypes of a …

There is a large body of theoretical studies that investigate factors that affect the evolution of
virulence, that is parasite‐induced host mortality. In these studies the host population is …

The evolution of parasite virulence can be influenced by intra-host mutation of the parasite
and competition among different parasite mutants in the same host. During the course of an …