New ideas/viewpoints: A proposed feedback loop of sexually transmitted diseases and sexual behavior: The red queen's dilemma

(Micro)organisms, such as bacteria, which cause sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in humans are presented with an interesting ecological challenge. These microorganisms need humans to have sexual contact with each other in order for the microorganisms to spread to other hosts as well as to have s...

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Published in:Biodemography and social biology 2003-09, Vol.50 (3-4), p.281-299
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