Cooperation and virulence in acute <it>Pseudomonas aeruginosa </it>infections
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Efficient host exploitation by parasites is frequently likely to depend on cooperative behaviour. Under these conditions, mixed-strain infections are predicted to show lower virulence (host mortality) than are single-clone infections...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-07-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/4/21 |