Phenotypic variations in persistence and infectivity between and within environmentally transmitted pathogen populations impact population-level epidemic dynamics.
Andrew F BrouwerMarisa C EisenbergNancy G LoveJoseph N S EisenbergPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
A better understanding of persistence-infectivity trade-offs and associated dynamics can improve our ecological understanding of environmentally transmitted pathogens, as well as our risk assessment and disease control strategies.