Pathogenesis, virulence, and infective dose

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1372-1373

  Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a,b   Frank, Steven A ^a,c  

^a Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFECTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 36049001735     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030147     Document Type: Note

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