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Spir2; a novel QTL on chromosome 4 contributes to susceptibility to pneumococcal infection in mice

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae causes over one million deaths worldwide annually, despite recent developments in vaccine and antibiotic therapy. Host susceptibility to pneumococcal infection and disease is controlled by a combination of genetic and environmental influences, but current knowled...

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Autores principales: Wisby, Laura, Fernandes, Vitor E, Neill, Daniel R, Kadioglu, Aras, Andrew, Peter W, Denny, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23577770
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-242