H. J. H. A. M. Olivier

Symbiotoxicity and infectious diseases: A proposed conceptual framework linking the exposome, microbiome, resistome, and infection risk.

Symbiotoxicity refers to the capacity of environmental stressors to alter not only the host organism, but also the microbiomes with which it lives in symbiosis. Applied to infectious diseases, this concept suggests that drug, chemical, or environmental exposure could promote certain infections by disrupting the protect...