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Expansion of variant diversity associated with high prevalence of pathogen strain superinfection under conditions of natural transmission
Uetia, Massaro W.; Tan, Yunbing; Broschat, Shira L.; Castaneda Ortiz, Elizabeth J.; Camacho-Nuez, Minerva; Mosqueda, Juan J.; Scoles, Glen A.; Grimes, Matthew; Brayton, Kelly A.; Palmer, Guy H. (Infection and Immunity, 2012-07)Superinfection occurs when a second, genetically distinct pathogen strain infects a host that has already mounted an immune response to a primary strain. For antigenically variant pathogens, the primary strain itself ...