The team notes that the results of their study suggest that current means of testing and approving food additives may not be adequate to prevent use of chemicals that promote diseases driven by low - grade inflammation and / or which will cause disease primarily in susceptible hosts. (sciencedaily.com)
In genetically susceptible hosts, the inability to develop the immune system properly can have negative consequences like inflammatory bowel disease or any other kinds of complex immune disorders.» (sciencedaily.com)
At that point — with most of the population infected but without symptoms and others having died — cholera fades away because there are few susceptible hosts. (sciencemag.org)