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Ecology and Infection: Studying Host-Parasite Interactions at the Interface of Biology and Medicine

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  1. Faculté de Philosophie, Université Laval, Pavillon Félix-Antoine Savard, 2325, rue des bibliothèques, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada

    Pierre-Olivier Méthot

  2. Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada

    Pierre-Olivier Méthot

  3. Department of History, King’s College London, Room 8.05, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK

    Rachel Mason Dentinger

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Méthot, PO., Mason Dentinger, R. Ecology and Infection: Studying Host-Parasite Interactions at the Interface of Biology and Medicine. J Hist Biol 49, 231–240 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10739-016-9440-0

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Keywords

  • Host-parasite interactions
  • Evolution
  • Disease ecology
  • Epidemiology
  • Bacterial transformation
  • Phylogenetic