Lung infection with -herpesvirus induces progressive pulmonary fibrosis in Th2-biased mice
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Ana L. Mora, Charles R. Woods, Anapatricia Garcia, Jianguo Xu, Mauricio Rojas, Samuel H. Speck, Jesse Roman, Kenneth L. Brigham, and Arlene A. Stecenko Center for Translational Research of the Lung, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Emory University; and McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center, Divisions of Pathology and Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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