Limiting Damage during Infection: Lessons from Infection Tolerance for Novel Therapeutics

Pedro F. Vale; Andy Fenton; Sam P. Brown

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001769

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Limiting Damage during Infection: Lessons from Infection Tolerance for Novel Therapeutics

Pedro F. Vale ,

* E-mail: pedro.vale@ed.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Andy Fenton,

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Sam P. Brown

Affiliations Centre for Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Limiting Damage during Infection: Lessons from Infection Tolerance for Novel Therapeutics

Pedro F. Vale,
Andy Fenton,
Sam P. Brown

Published: January 21, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001769

About the Authors

Pedro F. Vale

* E-mail: pedro.vale@ed.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Immunity, Infection, and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Andy Fenton

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Sam P. Brown

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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