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SUBMITTER: Jochems SP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6241853 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jochems Simon P SP Marcon Fernando F Carniel Beatriz F BF Holloway Mark M Mitsi Elena E Smith Emma E Gritzfeld Jenna F JF Solórzano Carla C Reiné Jesús J Pojar Sherin S Nikolaou Elissavet E German Esther L EL Hyder-Wright Angie A Hill Helen H Hales Caz C de Steenhuijsen Piters Wouter A A WAA Bogaert Debby D Adler Hugh H Zaidi Seher S Connor Victoria V Gordon Stephen B SB Rylance Jamie J Nakaya Helder I HI Ferreira Daniela M DM
Nature immunology 20181029 12
Colonization of the upper respiratory tract by pneumococcus is important both as a determinant of disease and for transmission into the population. The immunological mechanisms that contain pneumococcus during colonization are well studied in mice but remain unclear in humans. Loss of this control of pneumococcus following infection with influenza virus is associated with secondary bacterial pneumonia. We used a human challenge model with type 6B pneumococcus to show that acquisition of pneumoco ...[more]