Article
Exploring the evolution of diversity in pathogen populations.
Trends in microbiology - 1 Apr 2001
Gupta S, Maiden M C
Abstract excerpt
Pathogen biodiversity is an under-exploited source of inference regarding disease processes and the evolution of pathogens and pathogenesis. In addition, the structure of pathogen populations, especially for diverse organisms such as the meningococcus, has implications for public health interventions including vaccination and antibiotic use. The predominant paradigm for interpreting bacterial diversity has been...
Topics
- Antigenic Variation
- Bacteria
- Bacterial Infections
- Ecosystem
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Transfer, Horizontal
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans