Decomposing virulence to understand bacterial clearance in persistent infections
The relationship between virulence and pathogen clearance is not well understood. Here, using bacterial infections in Drosophila melanogaster as a model system, the authors demonstrate an approach to disentangle the drivers of virulence and assess their relation to pathogen clearance rate.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-08-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32118-1 |