Volume 4, Number 3—September 1998
THEME ISSUE
ICEID 1998
New Agents and Disease Associations
Detection and Identification of Previously Unrecognized Microbial Pathogens
Table 2
Pathogens that may be difficult to detect or identify
| 1. Pathogens that establish intimate relationships with the host |
| • endosymbionts and intracellular organisms |
| 2. Chimeras: natural versus man-made? |
| 3. "Nonpathogens" that acquire virulence-associated genes |
| 4. Microorganisms without "universal" sequences? |
