Changes in parasite traits, rather than intensity, affect the dynamics of infection under external perturbation

• Suma Ghosh ,

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

  * E-mail: suma.ghosh@snu.edu.in

  Affiliations Department of Mathematics, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, India, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7332-1065

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• Matthew J. Ferrari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Ashutosh K. Pathak,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Odum School of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Isabella M. Cattadori

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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