Assertion: pathogen's effect | /r/CapableOf | reduce infectious contact
Facets:
value: between infected and susceptible hosts
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Modern understanding of the evolution of virulence focuses on a tradeoff to which pathogens are subjected: the competitive benefits that pathogens accrue through increased exploitation of hosts and the costs that result from any effects of disease that reduce infectious contact between infected and susceptible hosts.