title: Keeping their options open: acute versus persistent infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rm. 505 Vail Building, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kuchma
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: O'Toole
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development; D002908:Chronic Disease