Ditch the term pathogen

被引:101
作者
Casadevall, Arturo [1 ]
Pirofski, Liise-anne [1 ]
机构
[1] Yeshiva Univ, Albert Einstein Coll Med, New York, NY 10033 USA
关键词
CARRIAGE; DISEASE;
D O I
10.1038/516165a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Disease is as much about the host as it is the infectious agent — the focus on microbes is hindering research into treatments, say Arturo Casadevall and Liise-anne Pirofski.
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页码:165 / 166
页数:2
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