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Bacterial Cooperation Causes Systematic Errors in Pathogen Risk Assessment due to the Failure of the Independent Action Hypothesis

The Independent Action Hypothesis (IAH) states that pathogenic individuals (cells, spores, virus particles etc.) behave independently of each other, so that each has an independent probability of causing systemic infection or death. The IAH is not just of basic scientific interest; it forms the basi...

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Autores principales: Cornforth, Daniel M., Matthews, Andrew, Brown, Sam P., Raymond, Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25909384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004775