Interesting article. I've taken a quick look at it. Funny how the F. Radicaliae theory seems to explain this very host-parasite interaction.
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''In virtually all cases, the damage that happens in infectious disease is the body's fault, so to speak,'' Dr. Theriot said. ''It's not the invading organism itself that does the damage, but the body's mistaken responses to it.''
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According to observations, this is most likely a FALLACY and speculation, with all due respect to the writers of that article.