Phenotypic variations in persistence and infectivity between and within environmentally transmitted pathogen populations impact population-level epidemic dynamics

Phenotypic variations in persistence and infectivity between and within environmentally transmitted pathogen populations impact population-level epidemic dynamics

Abstract Background Human pathogens transmitted through environmental pathways are subject to stress and pressures outside of the host. These pressures may cause pathogen pathovars to diverge in their environmental persistence and their infectivity on an evolutionary time-scale. On a shorter time-sc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andrew F. Brouwer, Marisa C. Eisenberg, Nancy G. Love, Joseph N.S. Eisenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Biphasic decay
Microbial dormancy
VBNC
Infectious disease transmission model
Identifiability
Persistence–infectivity trade-off
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4054-8

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4054-8

Similar Items