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What is a pathogen?

1 Jan 2002

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The question 'what is a pathogen?' derives from pathogen-centered views of microbial pathogenesis that invoke microbial characteristics to explain virulence. However, virulence cannot be an independent microbial variable since it is only expressed in a susceptible host. Hence, the question 'what is a pathogen?' cannot be separated from the question 'what is a host?' Given that virulence is an outcome of the...

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PMID: 12014430
DOI: 10.1080/078538902317338580

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