Taenia taeniaeformis in Rat Favors Protracted Skin Lesions Caused by Sporothrix schenckii Infection: Dectin-1 and IL-17 Are Dispensable for Clearance of This Fungus

Xiaohui Zhang; Jing Zhang; Huaiqiu Huang; Ruzeng Xue; Xuchu Hu; Meirong Li; Yi Zhong; Liyan Yuan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052514

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Taenia taeniaeformis in Rat Favors Protracted Skin Lesions Caused by Sporothrix schenckii Infection: Dectin-1 and IL-17 Are Dispensable for Clearance of This Fungus

Xiaohui Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaohui Zhang, Jing Zhang

Affiliations Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, Department of Dermatology, Guangdong Provincial Center for Skin Diseases and STIs Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Jing Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaohui Zhang, Jing Zhang

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Huaiqiu Huang ,

* E-mail: hhuaiqiu@medmail.com.cn (HH); hnhxch@hotmail.com (XH)

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Ruzeng Xue,

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Guangdong Provincial Center for Skin Diseases and STIs Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Xuchu Hu ,

* E-mail: hhuaiqiu@medmail.com.cn (HH); hnhxch@hotmail.com (XH)

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Meirong Li,

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Yi Zhong,

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Liyan Yuan

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Taenia taeniaeformis in Rat Favors Protracted Skin Lesions Caused by Sporothrix schenckii Infection: Dectin-1 and IL-17 Are Dispensable for Clearance of This Fungus

Xiaohui Zhang,
Jing Zhang,
Huaiqiu Huang,
Ruzeng Xue,
Xuchu Hu,
Meirong Li,
Yi Zhong,
Liyan Yuan

Published: December 20, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052514

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