Immunological mechanisms mediating hantavirus persistence in rodent reservoirs

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Easterbrook, Judith D ^a   Klein, Sabra L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERFERON; TESTOSTERONE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENE MUTATION; HANTAVIRUS; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE ADHERENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PUUMALA VIRUS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; RODENT; SEOUL VIRUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIN NOMBRE VIRUS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

HANTAVIRUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57149117134     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000172     Document Type: Review

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