各位虫友好,今天收到审稿人关于我文章的意见,其中一句话不知如何理解,请大家指点。
The authors use infection and colonisation together while it is not clear whether it is their opinion that this are, identical, different or similar phenomena. A good definition of what exactly a virulence factor is might be needed see i.e.FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2001 Jul 10;201(1):1-7.Bacterial virulence: can we draw the line? Wassenaar TM, Gaastra W.