Evolutionary Trade-Offs Underlie the Multi-faceted Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus.

Evolutionary Trade-Offs Underlie the Multi-faceted Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus.

Bacterial virulence is a multifaceted trait where the interactions between pathogen and host factors affect the severity and outcome of the infection. Toxin secretion is central to the biology of many bacterial pathogens and is widely accepted as playing a crucial role in disease pathology. To under...

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Main Authors: Maisem Laabei, Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, Franklin D Lowy, Eloise D Austin, Maho Yokoyama, Khadija Ouadi, Edward Feil, Harry A Thorpe, Barnabas Williams, Mark Perkins, Sharon J Peacock, Stephen R Clarke, Janina Dordel, Matthew Holden, Antonina A Votintseva, Rory Bowden, Derrick W Crook, Bernadette C Young, Daniel J Wilson, Mario Recker, Ruth C Massey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002229

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002229

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