Host and viral genetics of chronic infection: A mouse model of gamma- herpesvirus pathogenesis

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 403-409

  Speck, Samuel H ^a   Virgin IV, Herbert W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HELPER CELL; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRAL GENETICS;

EID: 0033179090     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)80071-X     Document Type: Review

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