Infections that consist of multiple parasite strains or species are common in the wild and are
a major public health concern. Theory suggests that these infections have a key influence on …

We review our ecological understanding of wildlife infectious diseases from the individual
host to the ecosystem scale, highlighting where conceptual thinking lacks verification …

Parasites and infectious diseases are everywhere and represent some of the most potent
forces shaping the natural world. They affect almost every aspect imaginable in the life of …

Garrett Hardin's tragedy of the commons is an analogy that shows how individuals driven by
self-interest can end up destroying the resource upon which they all depend. The proposed …

Within-host competition between coinfecting parasite strains shapes the evolution of
parasite phenotypes such as virulence and drug resistance. Although this evolution has a …

Baculovirus genomes are covalently closed circles of double stranded-DNA varying in size
between 80 and 180 kilobase-pair. The genomes of more than fourty-one baculoviruses …

Mixed viral infections occur more commonly than would be expected by chance in nature.
Virus-virus interactions may affect viral traits and leave a genetic signature in the population …

Understanding the effect of multiple infections is essential for the prediction (and eventual
control) of virulence evolution. Some theoretical studies have considered the possibility that …

It is becoming increasingly apparent that many pathogen populations, including those of
insects, show high levels of genotypic variation. Baculoviruses are known to be highly …

Social interactions between conspecific parasites are partly dependent on the relatedness of
interacting parasites (kin selection), which, in turn, is predicted to affect the extent of damage …