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Genetic control of susceptibility to infection with Candida albicans in mice.
PloS one - 20 Apr 2011
Radovanovic Irena, Mullick Alaka, Gros Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogen that causes acute disseminated infections in immunocompromised hosts, representing an important cause of morbidity and mortality in these patients. To study the genetic control of susceptibility to disseminated C. albicans in mice, we phenotyped a group of 23 phylogenetically distant inbred strains for susceptibility to infection as measured by extent of fungal...
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