Autoimmunity as a Predisposition for Infectious Diseases

Mohan S. Maddur; Janakiraman Vani; Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes; Srinivas Kaveri; Jagadeesh Bayry

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1001077

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Autoimmunity as a Predisposition for Infectious Diseases

Mohan S. Maddur,

Affiliation Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité 872; Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Equipe 16– Immunopathology and Therapeutic Immunointervention, Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 6, UMR S 872; Université Paris Descartes, UMR S 872, Paris, France
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Janakiraman Vani,

Affiliation Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité 872; Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Equipe 16– Immunopathology and Therapeutic Immunointervention, Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 6, UMR S 872; Université Paris Descartes, UMR S 872, Paris, France
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Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes,

Affiliation Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité 872; Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Equipe 16– Immunopathology and Therapeutic Immunointervention, Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 6, UMR S 872; Université Paris Descartes, UMR S 872, Paris, France
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Srinivas Kaveri,

Affiliation Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité 872; Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Equipe 16– Immunopathology and Therapeutic Immunointervention, Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 6, UMR S 872; Université Paris Descartes, UMR S 872, Paris, France
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Jagadeesh Bayry

* E-mail: jagadeesh.bayry@crc.jussieu.fr

Affiliation Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité 872; Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Equipe 16– Immunopathology and Therapeutic Immunointervention, Université Pierre et Marie Curie – Paris 6, UMR S 872; Université Paris Descartes, UMR S 872, Paris, France
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Autoimmunity as a Predisposition for Infectious Diseases

Mohan S. Maddur,
Janakiraman Vani,
Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes,
Srinivas Kaveri,
Jagadeesh Bayry

Published: November 4, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1001077

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