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Host exposure history modulates the within-host advantage of virulence in a songbird-bacterium system

The host immune response can exert strong selective pressure on pathogen virulence, particularly when host protection against reinfection is incomplete. Since emerging in house finch populations, the bacterial pathogen Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) has been increasing in virulence. Repeated exposure...

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Autores principales: Leon, Ariel E., Fleming-Davies, Arietta E., Hawley, Dana M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6937340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31889059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56540-6