Open AccessLimiting Damage during Infection: Lessons from Infection Tolerance for Novel Therapeutics
Author(s) -
Pedro F. Vale,
Andy Fenton,
Sam P. Brown
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001769
Subject(s) - biology , pathogen , virulence , disease , population , psychological intervention , infectious disease (medical specialty) , immunology , intensive care medicine , genetics , medicine , environmental health , pathology , psychiatry , gene
In the field of infectious disease control, novel therapies are focusing on reducing illness caused by pathogens rather than on reducing the pathogen burden itself. Here, Vale and colleagues highlight some potential consequences of such therapeutics for pathogen spread and evolution.
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