Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in Infants Is Associated with Reduced Airway Interferon Gamma and Substance P

Malcolm G. Semple; Hinke M. Dankert; Bahram Ebrahimi; Jailson B. Correia; J. Angela Booth; James P. Stewart; Rosalind L. Smyth; C. Anthony Hart

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001038

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Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in Infants Is Associated with Reduced Airway Interferon Gamma and Substance P

Malcolm G. Semple ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: m.g.semple@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliations Division of Child Health, School of Reproductive & Developmental Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Division of Medical Microbiology and Genito-Urinary Medicine, School of Infection and Host Defence, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Hinke M. Dankert,

Affiliation Division of Child Health, School of Reproductive & Developmental Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Bahram Ebrahimi,

Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology and Genito-Urinary Medicine, School of Infection and Host Defence, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Jailson B. Correia,

Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology and Genito-Urinary Medicine, School of Infection and Host Defence, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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J. Angela Booth,

Affiliation Division of Child Health, School of Reproductive & Developmental Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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James P. Stewart,

Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology and Genito-Urinary Medicine, School of Infection and Host Defence, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Rosalind L. Smyth,

Affiliation Division of Child Health, School of Reproductive & Developmental Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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C. Anthony Hart

Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology and Genito-Urinary Medicine, School of Infection and Host Defence, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis in Infants Is Associated with Reduced Airway Interferon Gamma and Substance P

Malcolm G. Semple,
Hinke M. Dankert,
Bahram Ebrahimi,
Jailson B. Correia,
J. Angela Booth,
James P. Stewart,
Rosalind L. Smyth,
C. Anthony Hart

Published: October 17, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001038

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