Enhanced mucosal antibody production and protection against respiratory infections following an orally administered bacterial extract

Secondary bacterial infections following influenza infection are a pressing problem facing respiratory medicine. Although antibiotic treatment has been highly successful over recent decades, fatalities due to secondary bacterial infections remain one of the leading causes of death associated with in...

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Main Author: Benjamin John Marsland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmed.2014.00041/full