Spontaneous recovery in acute human hepatitis C virus infection: Functional T-cell thresholds and relative importance of CD4 help

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1827-1837

  Smyk Pearson, Susan ^a   Tester, Ian A ^a   Klarquist, Jared ^a   Palmer, Brent E ^a,b   Pawlotsky, Jean Michel ^c   Golden Mason, Lucy ^a,b   Rosen, Hugo R ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Academic Office 1   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD4; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 38849095275     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01581-07     Document Type: Article

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