Virulence and transmissibility of pathogens: What is the relationship?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-37

  Lipsitch, Marc ^a   Moxon, E Richard ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

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EID: 0031046954     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(97)81772-6     Document Type: Review

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