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Infectious diseases

the proposal by Ewald that pathogens transmitted by vectors evolve higher virulence because host immobility does not hinder their spread.

In infectious diseases, vector-borne virulence hypothesis refers to the proposal by Ewald that pathogens transmitted by vectors evolve higher virulence because host immobility does not hinder their spread. This meaning comes from Ewald (1983) in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics.[1]

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References

Ewald, P. W. (1983). Host-Parasite Relations, Vectors, and the Evolution of Disease Severity. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 14(1), 465-485. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.es.14.110183.002341

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