Dose-dependent interaction of parasites with tiers of host defense predicts “wormholes” that prolong infection at intermediate inoculum sizes

• Andrea L. Graham ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: algraham@princeton.edu

  Affiliations Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6580-2755

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• Roland R. Regoes

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

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