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Genotype and diet shape resistance and tolerance across distinct phases of bacterial infection

BACKGROUND: Host defense against pathogenic infection is composed of resistance and tolerance. Resistance is the ability of the host to limit a pathogen burden, whereas tolerance is the ability to limit the deleterious effects of a given pathogen burden. This distinction recognizes that the fittest...

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Autores principales: Howick, Virginia M, Lazzaro, Brian P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3997931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24655914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-14-56