Dietary zinc and the control of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection

Human zinc deficiency increases susceptibility to bacterial infection. Although zinc supplementation therapies can reduce the impact of disease, the molecular basis for protection remains unclear. Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of bacterial pneumonia, which is prevalent in regions of zinc...

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Published in:PLoS Pathog
Main Authors: Eijkelkamp, Bart A., Morey, Jacqueline R., Neville, Stephanie L., Tan, Aimee, Pederick, Victoria G., Cole, Nerida, Singh, Prashina P., Ong, Cheryl-Lynn Y., Gonzalez de Vega, Raquel, Clases, David, Cunningham, Bliss A., Hughes, Catherine E., Comerford, Iain, Brazel, Erin B., Whittall, Jonathan J., Plumptre, Charles D., McColl, Shaun R., Paton, James C., McEwan, Alastair G., Doble, Philip A., McDevitt, Christopher A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6705770/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31437249
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007957
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