The Effects of CFTR and Mucoid Phenotype on Susceptibility and Innate Immune Responses in a Mouse Model of Pneumococcal Lung Disease

• Evida A. Dennis ,

  * E-mail: edennis1@uab.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Mamie T. Coats,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama, United States of America

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• Sarah E. Griffin,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Joanetha Y. Hale,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Lea Novak,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomic Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• David E. Briles,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Marilyn J. Crain

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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