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Clearance of Pneumococcal Colonization in Infants Is Delayed through Altered Macrophage Trafficking

Infections are a common cause of infant mortality worldwide, especially due to Streptococcus pneumoniae. Colonization is the prerequisite to invasive pneumococcal disease, and is particularly frequent and prolonged in children, though the mechanisms underlying this susceptibility are unknown. We fin...

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Autores principales: Siegel, Steven J., Tamashiro, Edwin, Weiser, Jeffrey N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4479461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26107875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005004