Impaired hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific interferon-responses in individuals with HIV who acquire HCV infection: Correlation with CD4+ T-cell counts

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1568-1576

  Flynn, Jacqueline K ^a,b   Dore, Gregory J ^c   Matthews, Gail ^c   Hellard, Margaret ^a   Yeung, Barbara ^c   Rawlinson, William D ^e   White, Peter A ^d   Kaldor, John M ^c   Lloyd, Andrew R ^d   Ffrench, Rosemary A ^a,b  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867700247     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis544     Document Type: Article

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