Microbial virulence as an emergent property: Consequences and opportunities

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Casadevall, Arturo ^a   Fang, Ferric C ^b   Pirofski, Liise anne ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOMYCES DESTRUCTANS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; MICROBIAL VIRULENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROBABILITY; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; VIRULENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; VIRUS;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 79960966455     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002136     Document Type: Article

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