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From Friend to Foe: Toxicity Trade-Offs Govern Staphylococcus aureus Infection Severity
The life-threatening human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus experiences an evolutionary tug-of-war between highly toxic strains, which are better able to transmit between hosts and less toxic strains which are better at infecting a single host. Read the Research Article.
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4557827/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26331968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002230 |
| Sumario: | The life-threatening human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus experiences an evolutionary tug-of-war between highly toxic strains, which are better able to transmit between hosts and less toxic strains which are better at infecting a single host. Read the Research Article. |
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