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Antigenic evolution can drive virulence evolution

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Repeated epidemic waves, characteristic of an antigenically evolving pathogen, can drive selection for higher pathogen virulence

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Fig. 1: How epidemiological dynamics with or without antigenic variation drive virulence evolution.

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  2. HRB Clinical Research Facility, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    Tsukushi Kamiya

  3. Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Tsukushi Kamiya

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