The key role of the Lectin Pathway enzyme MASP-3 in the innate immune protection against Neisseria meningitides

Neisseria meningitidis infections pose a worldwide threat to human health being a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The bacterium can often be found to live as a commensal organism in the upper respiratory-tract. However, under disease promoting circumstances it may cause invasive infections s...

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Main Author: Alshamrani, Saleh
Other Authors: Schwaeble, Wilhelm ; Andrew, Peter
Published: University of Leicester 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.694173