Hyperinfectivity: A critical element in the ability of V. cholerae to cause epidemics?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-69

  Hartley, David M ^a   Morris Jr , J Glenn ^a   Smith, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHOLERA; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATHOGENICITY; SUPERINFECTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIRULENCE;

EID: 32044434020     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030007     Document Type: Article

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