Plasminogen alleles influence susceptibility to invasive aspergillosis.

Plasminogen alleles influence susceptibility to invasive aspergillosis.

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a common and life-threatening infection in immunocompromised individuals. A number of environmental and epidemiologic risk factors for developing IA have been identified. However, genetic factors that affect risk for developing IA have not been clearly identified. We r...

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Main Authors: Aimee K Zaas, Guochun Liao, Jason W Chien, Clarice Weinberg, David Shore, Steven S Giles, Kieren A Marr, Jonathan Usuka, Lauranell H Burch, Lalith Perera, John R Perfect, Gary Peltz, David A Schwartz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2423485?pdf=render

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