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cord-296179-hobh6akq	King, K C	Does genetic diversity limit disease spread in natural host populations?	2012-06-20		.txt	text/plain	4192	215	43	(2004) confirmed that the increase in disease susceptibility resulted from a lower frequency of resistance alleles in the population, and not by generalized inbreeding effects. Two models suggest that genetic variation in host susceptibility would not affect infectious disease spread (Springbett et al., 2003; Yates et al., 2006) , but it might reduce the severity of infection (Springbett et al., 2003) . In contrast, Lively (2010a) found that host genetic diversity could reduce the risk of disease spread, assuming that each host genotype was susceptible to a different parasite genotype. The more recent model suggests that increases in the genetic diversity of host populations could have a large effect on disease spread and prevalence at equilibrium (Lively, 2010a) . The available data and the model are consistent with the idea that genetic diversity in host populations can reduce the spread of disease.	./cache/cord-296179-hobh6akq.txt	./txt/cord-296179-hobh6akq.txt