Pretreatment of Epithelial Cells with Live Streptococcus pneumoniae Has No Detectable Effect on Influenza A Virus Replication In Vitro

Influenza A virus (IAV) and Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) are two major upper respiratory tract pathogens responsible for exacerbated disease in coinfected individuals. Despite several studies showing increased susceptibility to secondary bacterial infections following IAV infection, infor...

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Main Authors: Ouyang, Kang, Woodiga, Shireen A., Dwivedi, Varun, Buckwalter, Carolyn M., Singh, Anirudh K., Binjawadagi, Basavaraj, Hiremath, Jagadish, Manickam, Cordelia, Schleappi, Rose, Khatri, Mahesh, Wu, Jianmin, King, Samantha J., Renukaradhya, Gourapura J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940721/