Published in Blood Weekly, February 3rd, 2005
According to recent research published in the journal American Naturalist, "In field experiments manipulating generalist pathogens and host community composition, the presence of a highly susceptible reservoir species drove disease dynamics in multiple nonreservoir species, sometimes decreasing their abundance through apparent competition.
"The dynamics of generalist pathogens in multispecies host communities remain a major frontier for disease ecology. Of particular interest are how host community structure controls pathogen transmission and how disease spread...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2005-02-03)
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