Loss of competition in the outside host environment generates outbreaks of environmental opportunist pathogens.

Loss of competition in the outside host environment generates outbreaks of environmental opportunist pathogens.

Environmentally transmitted pathogens face ecological interactions (e.g., competition, predation, parasitism) in the outside-host environment and host immune system during infection. Despite the ubiquitousness of environmental opportunist pathogens, traditional epidemiology focuses on obligatory pat...

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Main Authors: Jani Anttila, Lasse Ruokolainen, Veijo Kaitala, Jouni Laakso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3752018?pdf=render

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