Cathelicidin Insufficiency in Patients with Fatal Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide; however, the role of the host immune response in disease progression and high case fatality (> 10-50%) is poorly understood. We conducted a multi-parameter investigation of patients with acute leptospirosis to identify mechanisms...

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Main Authors: Lindow, Janet C., Wunder, Elsio A., Popper, Stephen J., Min, Jin-na, Mannam, Praveen, Srivastava, Anup, Yao, Yi, Hacker, Kathryn P., Raddassi, Khadir, Lee, Patty J., Montgomery, Ruth R., Shaw, Albert C., Hagan, Jose E., Araújo, Guilherme C., Nery, Nivison, Relman, David A., Kim, Charles C., Reis, Mitermayer G., Ko, Albert I.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Dept Med, Div Translat & Regenerat Med
Language:en
Published: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622768
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