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Cooperation and virulence in acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

BACKGROUND: Efficient host exploitation by parasites is frequently likely to depend on cooperative behaviour. Under these conditions, mixed-strain infections are predicted to show lower virulence (host mortality) than are single-clone infections, due to competition favouring non-contributing social...

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Autores principales: Harrison, Freya, Browning, Lucy E, Vos, Michiel, Buckling, Angus
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1526758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16827933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-4-21