Evolutionary entropy determines invasion success in emergent epidemics.

Evolutionary entropy determines invasion success in emergent epidemics.

BACKGROUND: Standard epidemiological theory claims that in structured populations competition between multiple pathogen strains is a deterministic process which is mediated by the basic reproduction number (R0) of the individual strains. A new theory based on analysis, simulation and empirical study...

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Main Authors: Christopher J Rhodes, Lloyd Demetrius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2944876?pdf=render

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