Wolbachia- and Onchocerca volvulus-Induced Keratitis (River Blindness) Is Dependent on Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88

Endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria that infect the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus were previously found to have an essential role in the pathogenesis of river blindness. The current study demonstrates that corneal inflammation induced by Wolbachia or O. volvulus antigens containing Wolbachia is...

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Autors principals: Gillette-Ferguson, Illona, Hise, Amy G., Sun, Yan, Diaconu, Eugenia, McGarry, Helen F., Taylor, Mark J., Pearlman, Eric
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: American Society for Microbiology 2006
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Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1418907/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16552075
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.74.4.2442-2445.2006
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