Assertion: pathogen | /r/CapableOf | persist in population
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text: Pathogens will persist in populations larger than the critical community size, and these populations we term maintenance populations.
text: To persist in such a population, a pathogen either had to be a chronic infection, staying present and potentially infectious in the infected host for long periods, or it had to have other additional species as reservoir where it can maintain itself until further susceptible hosts are contacted and infected.