The evolution of infectious agents in relation to sex in animals and humans: brief discussions of some individual organisms

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Title: The evolution of infectious agents in relation to sex in animals and humans: brief discussions of some individual organisms
Author/Creator: Reed, D L | Currier, R W | Walton, S F | Conrad, M | Sullivan, S A | Carlton, J M | Read, T D | Severini, Alberto | Tyler, S | Eberle, R | Johnson, W E | Silvestri, G | Clarke, I N | Lagergard, T | Lukehart, S A | Unemo, M | Shafer, W M | Palmer Beasley, R | Bergstrom, T | Norberg, P | Davison, A J | Sharp, P M | Hahn, B H | Blomberg, J
Description: The following series of concise summaries addresses the evolution of infectious agents in relation to sex in animals and humans from the perspective of three specific questions: (1) what have we learned about the likely origin and phylogeny, up to the establishment of the infectious agent in the genital econiche, including the relative frequency of its sexual transmission; (2) what further research is needed to provide additional knowledge on some of these evolutionary aspects; and (3) what evolutionary considerations might aid in providing novel approaches to the more practical clinical and public health issues facing us currently and in the future?
Relation: New York Academy of Sciences. Annals / Vol. 1230, No. 1, pp.74-107
Relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06133.x
Year: 2011
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.
Subject: FoR 1108 (Medical Microbiology) | evolution | infectious agents | sexual transmission | econiche

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