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Sometimes it is advantageous for a parasite to kill their host if this improves the likely hood of transmission into a new host or continuing onto the next part of their life-cyle.
'Virulence' is the degree of aggression that the parasite shows toward the host. Maximum virulence would often kill the host. However, the parasites ability to be virulent might result in a diminished ability in other fitness components such as transmitability. Therefore it is a trade-off between the parasites ability to harm the host for nutrients and its own ability to reproduce; maximising its life-time reproductive success. i.e the maximum virulence might not be the optimum virulence.
Reasons why not killing the host with maximum virulencemight be beneficial; the host shelters the parasite, a source of nutrients (food), hosts movements helps parasite dispersal and presense of same species individuals in host (dis- competition for space/resource's, adv- opportunities to find a mate.)
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∙ 14y agoso it can keep feeding on it forever. why kill the goose that is laying the golden eggs?
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The you're looking for could be mutualism. Double-click mutualism to check.
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The you're looking for could be mutualism. Double-click mutualism to check.
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