Within-Host Competition Drives Selection for the Capsule Virulence Determinant of Streptococcus pneumoniae

For many opportunistic pathogens, it is unclear why their virulence determinants and expression of pathogenic behavior have evolved when damage or death of their host offers no obvious selective advantage to microbial growth or survival [1–3]. Many pathogens initiate interactions with their host on...

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Autores principales: Lysenko, Elena S., Lijek, Rebeccah S., Brown, Sam P., Weiser, Jeffrey N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cell Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2913241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20619820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.05.051

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2913241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20619820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.05.051

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