title: Host-pathogen interactions: basic concepts of microbial commensalism, colonization, infection, and disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA. casadeva@aecom.yu.edu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casadevall
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pirofski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014774:Virulence