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Abstract
Fungal infections of the cornea are an important cause of blindness and visual impairment worldwide, with contact lens wear being the main risk factor in the USA and other industrialized countries, and traumatic injury being the main risk factor in developing countries. In this review, we highlight recent advances in the understanding of the host response to Aspergillus and Fusarium species in infected human corneal tissue and in mouse models of fungal keratitis. Copyright ÂEntities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22280957 PMCID: PMC3290702 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2011.12.022
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cytokine ISSN: 1043-4666 Impact factor: 3.861