Human genetic susceptibility to invasive aspergillosis

Cristina Cunha; Franco Aversa; Luigina Romani; Agostinho Carvalho

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003434

Human genetic susceptibility to invasive aspergillosis

PLoS Pathog. 2013;9(8):e1003434. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003434. Epub 2013 Aug 8.

Authors

Cristina Cunha¹, Franco Aversa, Luigina Romani, Agostinho Carvalho

Affiliation

¹ Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Allografts
Aspergillosis / genetics*
Aspergillosis / immunology
Aspergillosis / prevention & control
Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
Humans
Organ Transplantation*
Risk Factors

Grants and funding

This work was supported by a Research Grant from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) (to AC) and the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007-2013] under grant agreement n° HEALTH-2010-260338 (ALLFUN)” (to LR). CC was supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal (contract SFRH/BD/65962/2009). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.