Host-Pathogen Interactions: Basic Concepts of Microbial Commensalism, Colonization, Infection, and Disease

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Most of the terminology used to define the host-microbe interaction has been in use for nearly a century.Early in this period, microbes were thought to be primary aggressors that governed the host-pathogen interaction, resulting in disease.Later, new information about the attributes of microbes and their hosts resulted in the understanding that the hostpathogen interaction does not always result in disease.This...

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