Interactions of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia with airway epithelial cells: a critical review

Aspergillus fumigatus is an environmental filamentous fungus which also acts as an opportunistic pathogen able to cause a variety of symptoms, from an allergic response to a life-threatening disseminated fungal infection. The infectious agents are inhaled conidia whose first point of contact is mos...

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Main Authors: Carys Anne Croft, Luka eCulibrk, Margo M Moore, Scott J Tebbutt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00472/full