Characterization of CD8+ T-cell responses in HIV-1-exposed seronegative commercial sex workers from Nairobi, Kenya

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 482-485

  Alimonti, Judie B ^a,b   Kimani, Joshua ^c   Matu, Lucy ^c   Wachihi, Charles ^c   Kaul, Rupert ^d   Plummer, Francis A ^a,b   Fowke, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CD8; Cellular immunity; Exposed seronegative; HIV; IFN ; p24

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KENYA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; KENYA; PROSTITUTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 33747825035     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1711.2006.01455.x     Document Type: Article

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