The within- and among-host evolution of chronically-infecting human RNA viruses

This thesis examines the evolutionary biology of the RNA viruses, a diverse group of pathogens that cause significant diseases. The focus of this work is the relationship between the processes driving the evolution of virus populations within individual hosts and at the epidemic level. First, Chapte...

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Main Author: Parker, Joseph David
Other Authors: Pybus, Oliver G.
Published: University of Oxford 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.558462