{"id":7958,"date":"2026-04-17T12:16:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/trp\/infectious-diseases\/?page_id=7958"},"modified":"2026-06-19T17:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:06:53","slug":"microbial-pathogenesis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/trp\/infectious-diseases\/research-themes\/microbial-pathogenesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbial Pathogenesis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7958\" class=\"elementor elementor-7958\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13c433f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13c433f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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