RESPONSIVENESS OF BLOOD AND SPUTUM INFLAMMATORY CELLS IN JAPANESE COPD PATIENTS, NON-COPD SMOKING CONTROLS, AND NON-COPD NONSMOKING CONTROLS

Responsiveness of blood and sputum inflammatory cells in Japanese COPD patients, non-COPD smoking controls, and non-COPD nonsmoking controls

Tomotaka Kawayama,1 Takashi Kinoshita,1 Kazuko Matsunaga,2 Akihiro Kobayashi,3 Tomoyuki Hayamizu,4 Malcolm Johnson,5 Tomoaki Hoshino11Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fukuoka Sanno Hospital, Fukuoka, 3Biomedical Data Scien

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The specificity of Babesia-tick vector interactions: recent advances and pitfalls in molecular and field studies

Abstract Background Babesia spp.are protozoan parasites of great medical and veterinary importance, especially in the northern Hemisphere.Ticks are known vectors of Babesia spp., although some Babesia-tick interactions have not been fully elucidated.Methods The present review was performed to investigate the specificity of Babesia-tick species inte

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