Protozoa hosts lead to virulence

Protozoa hosts lead to virulence

The combined selective pressures of residing in different protozoan hosts in the environment drives the evolution of virulence in the opportunistic pathogen Legionella pneumophila .

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature microbiology 2020-04, Vol.5 (4), p.535-535
Hauptverfasser: McDougald, Diane, Longford, Sharon R.
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Sprache:eng
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Amoeba
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Humans
Infectious Diseases
Legionella pneumophila
Life Sciences
Medical Microbiology
Microbiology
News & Views
news-and-views
Opportunist infection
Parasitology
Protozoa
Virology
Virulence
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Zusammenfassung:The combined selective pressures of residing in different protozoan hosts in the environment drives the evolution of virulence in the opportunistic pathogen Legionella pneumophila .
ISSN:2058-5276
2058-5276
DOI:10.1038/s41564-020-0699-8