The equilibria that allow bacterial persistence in human hosts

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7164, 2007, Pages 843-849

  Blaser, Martin J ^a   Kirschner, Denise ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EQUILIBRIUM; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EXTINCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIFESPAN; MICROBIAL IMMUNITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 35349001069     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06198     Document Type: Article

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