Predominant infection of CD150+ lymphocytes and dendritic cells during measles virus infection of macaques.

Measles virus (MV) is hypothesized to enter the host by infecting epithelial cells of the respiratory tract, followed by viremia mediated by infected monocytes. However, neither of these cell types express signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (CD150), which has been identified as the receptor fo...

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Main Authors: Rik L de Swart, Martin Ludlow, Lot de Witte, Yusuke Yanagi, Geert van Amerongen, Stephen McQuaid, Selma Yüksel, Teunis B H Geijtenbeek, W Paul Duprex, Albert D M E Osterhaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-11-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030178