The epidemiological signature of pathogen populations that vary in the relationship between free-living survival and virulence
L. M. Gomez, V. A. Meszaros, W. C. Turner, C. B. Ogbunugafor
This study uses a mathematical model to show that small changes in parasite survival across different virulence-survival relationships significantly affect epidemiological outcomes like R0 and infectious peak size.
bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2020 · PreprintEcology