Recognition of antigenic clusters of Candida albicans by T lymphocytes from human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 488-496

  Kunkl, Annalisa ^a   Mortara, Lorenzo ^b   Valle, Maria Teresa ^b   Fenoglio, Daniela ^b   Terranova, Maria Paola ^b   Megiovanni, Anna Maria ^b   Alessandrini, Anna ^b   Pira, Giuseppina Li ^b   Mazzarello, Giovanni ^b   Del Bono, Valerio ^b   Canessa, Andrea ^b   Bassetti, Dante ^b   Manca, Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 17344370006     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515620     Document Type: Article

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