Host-pathogen interactions: basic concepts of microbial commensalism, colonization, infection, and disease.

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Published in Infect Immun on December 01, 2000

Authors

A Casadevall1, L A Pirofski

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA. casadeva@aecom.yu.edu

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