Sustained CD8+ T cell memory inflation after infection with a single-cycle cytomegalovirus.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a β-herpesvirus that establishes a lifelong latent or persistent infection. A hallmark of chronic CMV infection is the lifelong persistence of large numbers of virus-specific CD8+ effector/effector memory T cells, a phenomenon called "memory inflation". How the vir...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3188546?pdf=render |