Figure 1: Proposed associations between mechanisms of pathogen virulence and resistance to microbe-mediated defence.
From: Microbe-mediated host defence drives the evolution of reduced pathogen virulence
(a) Pathogen virulence is hypothesized to increase when it correlates positively with the pathogen’s ability to resist microbe-mediated defence. (b) Pathogen virulence is hypothesized to decrease when traded off against the pathogen’s ability to resist microbe-mediated defence.
