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Aspergillus fumigatus Strain-Specific Conidia Lung Persistence Causes an Allergic Broncho-Pulmonary Aspergillosis-Like Disease Phenotype.
mSphere - 17 Feb 2021
Jones Jane T, Liu Ko-Wei, Wang Xi, Kowalski Caitlin H, Ross Brandon S, Mills Kathleen A M, Kerkaert Joshua D, Hohl Tobias M, Lofgren Lotus A, Stajich Jason E, Obar Joshua J, Cramer Robert A
Abstract excerpt
Aspergillus fumigatus is a filamentous fungus which can cause multiple diseases in humans. Allergic broncho-pulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a disease diagnosed primarily in cystic fibrosis patients caused by a severe allergic response often to long-term A. fumigatus colonization in the lungs. Mice develop an allergic response to repeated inhalation of A. fumigatus spores; however, no strains have been...
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