Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the cystic fibrosis lung environment
Chronic microbial infections result from persistent host colonization that is not cleared via the immune response or therapeutics. Within the host, microbes can undergo adaptive evolution, whereby beneficial traits promoting persistence arise due to selection; these traits can therefore affect disea...
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| Language: | en_US |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/23236 |