Decomposing virulence to understand bacterial clearance in persistent infections
B. Acuna Hidalgo, L. M. Silva, M. Franz, R. R. Regoes, S. A. O. Armitage
This study decomposes virulence into exploitation and per parasite pathogenicity to show how these components relate to bacterial clearance in Drosophila infections.
Nature Communications · Aug 26, 2022Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology