Pathogenesis, Virulence, and Infective Dose

Paul Schmid-Hempel; Steven A Frank

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.0030147

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Pathogenesis, Virulence, and Infective Dose

Paul Schmid-Hempel ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: psh@env.ethz.ch
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Steven A Frank

Pathogenesis, Virulence, and Infective Dose

Paul Schmid-Hempel,
Steven A Frank

Published: October 26, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030147

About the Authors

Paul Schmid-Hempel: *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: psh@env.ethz.ch
Steven A Frank

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

PSH and SAF conceived these concepts, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper.

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