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Contrasting within- and between-host immune selection shapes Neisseria Opa repertoires

Pathogen evolution is influenced strongly by the host immune response. Previous studies of the effects of herd immunity on the population structure of directly transmitted, short-lived pathogens have primarily focused on the impact of competition for hosts. In contrast, for long-lived infections lik...

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Autores principales: Watkins, Eleanor R., Grad, Yonatan H., Gupta, Sunetra, Buckee, Caroline O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4894414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25296566
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep06554