Outside-host phage therapy as a biological control against environmental infectious diseases

Outside-host phage therapy as a biological control against environmental infectious diseases

Abstract Background Environmentally growing pathogens present an increasing threat for human health, wildlife and food production. Treating the hosts with antibiotics or parasitic bacteriophages fail to eliminate diseases that grow also in the outside-host environment. However, bacteriophages could...

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Main Authors: Ilona Merikanto, Jouni T. Laakso, Veijo Kaitala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
Subjects:
Bacteriophage
Columnaris disease
Environmental opportunist
Flavobacterium
Host-parasite interaction
SI model
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12976-018-0079-8

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