Phenotypic variations in persistence and infectivity between and within environmentally transmitted pathogen populations impact population-level epidemic dynamics - Brouwer, Andrew F.; Eisenberg, Marisa C.; Love, Nancy G.; Eisenberg, Joseph N.S. (BMC infectious diseases, 2019)
Keywords: Antibiotics; Biphasic decay; Cholera; Communicable diseases; Computer simulation; Decay; Disease control; Disease transmission; Dynamics; E coli; Environmental aspects; Environmental monitoring; Epidemics; Gene expression; Genotype & phenotype; Genotypes; Health aspects; Health risks; Identifiability; Infections; Infectious disease transmission model; Infectious diseases; Infectivity; Metabolism; Microbial dormancy; Pathogenic microorganisms; Pathogens; Persistence–infectivity trade-off; Phenotypic variations; Population; Population dynamics; Public health; Risk assessment; Risk management; Salinity; Salmonella; Subpopulations; Tradeoffs; VBNC; Virulence (Microbiology); Infectious disease transmission model; Microbial dormancy; VBNC; Identifiability; Persistence–infectivity trade-off; Biphasic decay