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Host-to-host Spread

Host-To-Host Spread is a transmission dynamic that specifically refers to the direct or indirect transfer of microbial agents between individual hosts within a population, distinguished from environmental or vector-mediated pathways by its emphasis on interpersonal contagion mechanisms.

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2017–2026

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Host-induced epidemic spread of the cholera bacterium

D. Scott Merrell, Susan M. Butler, Firdausi Qadri et al. · Nature · 2002 · 544 citations · Full text

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Rapid Spread of a Bacterial Symbiont in an Invasive Whitefly Is Driven by Fitness Benefits and Female Bias

Anna G. Himler, Tetsuya Adachi-Hagimori, Jacqueline E. Bergen et al. · Science · 2011 · 526 citations

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The <i>Clostridium difficile spo0A</i> Gene Is a Persistence and Transmission Factor

Laura J. Deakin, Simon Clare, Robert P. Fagan et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2012 · 374 citations · Full text

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Ebola Virus Epidemiology, Transmission, and Evolution during Seven Months in Sierra Leone

Daniel J. Park, Gytis Dudas, Shirlee Wohl et al. · Cell · 2015 · 334 citations · Full text

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A Virus Reveals Population Structure and Recent Demographic History of Its Carnivore Host

Roman Biek, Alexei J. Drummond, Mary Poss · Science · 2006 · 185 citations

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Authors

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  1. JN
    Jeffrey N. Weiser

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    4 publications · 275 citations

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  2. MA
    M. Ammar Zafar

    Wake Forest University, United States

    3 publications · 253 citations

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  3. SH
    Shigeto Hamaguchi

    Osaka University Hospital, Japan

    3 publications · 253 citations

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  4. AC
    Anice C. Lowen

    Emory University, United States

    2 publications · 191 citations

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  5. DG
    Didier Guillemot

    Institut Pasteur, France

    2 publications · 41 citations

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Institutions

147

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. New York University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    20 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    877 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    191 citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    325 citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    190 citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    573 citations

  8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    29 publications

    9.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Virology

    JVI · 4 publications · 246 citations

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  2. PLoS Pathogens

    3 publications · 90 citations

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  3. Science

    3 publications · 831 citations

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  4. mBio

    2 publications · 114 citations

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  5. Journal of General Virology

    2 publications · 37 citations

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