Virulence and transmissibility of pathogens: what is the relationship?

• 1 January 1997
• journal article
• review article
• Published by Elsevier in Trends in Microbiology
• Vol. 5  (1) , 31-37
• https://doi.org/10.1016/s0966-842x(97)81772-6

Abstract

Keywords

• SURVIVAL
• ADAPTATION
• VIRULENCE
• COLONIZATION
• TRANSLOCATION
• PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS
• COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP
• TRANSMISSIBILITY OF PATHOGENS