The memory T cell response to West Nile virus in symptomatic humans following natural infection is not influenced by age and is dominated by a restricted set of CD8+ T cell epitopes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1563-1572

  Parsons, Robin ^a   Lelic, Alina ^a   Hayes, Lisa ^a   Carter, Alexandra ^a   Marshall, Laura ^a   Evelegh, Carole ^a   Drebot, Michael ^b   Andonova, Maya ^b   McMurtrey, Curtis ^c   Hildebrand, William ^c   Loeb, Mark B ^a   Bramson, Jonathan L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; AGING; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 49049096381     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.2.1563     Document Type: Article

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