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Investigation of Microbial Cooperation via Imaging Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Bacterial Colonies Grown on Agar and in Tissue During Infection
Published on: November 18, 2022
Coupled microbial and human systems: evidence for a relationship between infectious disease and gross national
1Department of Biomaterials & Basic Science, Hard Tissue Research Unit, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA. tim.bromage@nyu.edu
Abstract:
We provide evidence that maternal metabolic energy is diverted to increased birth rates in nations experiencing high infectious disease risk. The "economic stoichiometry" of such situations limits the availability and distribution of metabolic resources available for national production. Lowering disease risk, and thus the metabolic energy required for replacement human biomass production, makes energy available for national production during the demographic transition, and increases the national GDP.
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