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SUBMITTER: Jamieson AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2836270 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jamieson Amanda M AM Yu Shuang S Annicelli Charles H CH Medzhitov Ruslan R
Cell host & microbe 20100201 2
Multicellular organisms are continuously exposed to many different pathogens. Because different classes of pathogens require different types of immune responses, understanding how an ongoing immune response to one type of infection affects the host's ability to respond to another pathogen is essential for a complete understanding of host-pathogen interactions. Here, we used a mouse model of coinfection to gain insight into the effect of respiratory influenza virus infection on a subsequent syste ...[more]