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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections Enhance Cigarette Smoke Induced COPD in Mice

Respiratory syncytial viral (RSV) infections are a frequent cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, which are a major factor in disease progression and mortality. RSV is able to evade antiviral defenses to persist in the lungs of COPD patients. Though RSV infection has b...

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Autores principales: Foronjy, Robert F., Dabo, Abdoulaye J., Taggart, Clifford C., Weldon, Sinead, Geraghty, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3938768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24587397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090567