Friday, 31 May 2013

Interleukin-22 and Post-Influenza Bacterial Superinfection

Interleukin-22 protects against bacterial superinfections that can arise following influenza, researchers from the Pasteur Institute, Lille, France have shown in a mouse model. Their research is published in the June 2013 issue of the iJournal of Virology/i. Influenza A viral infection can lead to primary pneumonia and, later on, to serious complications including secondary bacterial pneumonia and sepsis. Post-influenza bacterial superinfections ...

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