title: Target recognition failure by the nonspecific defense system: surface constituents of pathogens interfere with the alternative pathway of complement activation.
authors.affiliation: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Horstmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology; D003170:Complement Pathway, Alternative; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007239:Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000276:immunology; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000276:immunology