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. 2015 Oct 8;163(2):271-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.09.050.

Winning the Microbial Battle, but Not the War

Hiutung Chu  1 , Sarkis K Mazmanian  2
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Winning the Microbial Battle, but Not the War

Hiutung Chu et al. Cell. .
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Abstract

An effective immune response leads to rapid elimination of infectious agents, with seemingly little long-term impairment to the host. New findings by Morais da Fonseca et al. reveal that acute infections may result in permanent disruption of tissue homeostasis and immune dysfunction, long after clearance of a pathogen.

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