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Infectious diseases

the prediction that vaccines that reduce disease but not transmission can select for more virulent pathogens.

In infectious diseases, imperfect vaccine hypothesis refers to the prediction that vaccines that reduce disease but not transmission can select for more virulent pathogens. This meaning comes from Gandon (2001) in Nature.[1]

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Gandon, S., Mackinnon, M. J., Nee, S., & Read, A. F. (2001). Imperfect vaccines and the evolution of pathogen virulence. Nature, 414(6865), 751-756. https://doi.org/10.1038/414751a

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