Human immunodeficiency virus type 1- and cytomegalovirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes can persist at high frequency for prolonged periods in the absence of circulating peripheral CD4+ T cells

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1018-1022

  Spiegel, Hans M L ^a   Ogg, Graham S ^b   DeFalcon, Elizabeth ^a   Sheehy, Megan E ^a   Monard, Simon ^a   Haslett, Patrick A J ^a   Gillespie, Geraldine ^b   Donahoe, Sean M ^a   Pollack, Henry ^c   Borkowsky, William ^c   McMichael, Andrew J ^b   Nixon, Douglas F ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HIV-1; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17144445832     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.2.1018-1022.2000     Document Type: Article

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