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Review
. 2007 Nov;75(11):5074-8.
doi: 10.1128/IAI.01001-07. Epub 2007 Aug 20.

Antibody-mediated protection through cross-reactivity introduces a fungal heresy into immunological dogma

Arturo Casadevall  1 , Liise-anne Pirofski
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Review

Antibody-mediated protection through cross-reactivity introduces a fungal heresy into immunological dogma

Arturo Casadevall et al. Infect Immun. 2007 Nov.
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