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Tonsillar homing of Epstein-Barr virus-specific CD8+ T cells and the virus-host balance.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Sept 2005
Hislop Andrew D, Kuo Michael, Drake-Lee Adrian B, Akbar Arne N, Bergler Wolfgang, Hammerschmitt Nicolas, Khan Naeem, Palendira Umaimainthan, Leese Alison M, Timms Judith M, Bell Andrew I, Buckley Christopher D, Rickinson Alan B
Abstract excerpt
Patients with infectious mononucleosis (IM) undergoing primary EBV infection show large expansions of EBV-specific CD8+ T cells in the blood. While latent infection of the B cell pool is quickly controlled, virus shedding from lytically infected cells in the oropharynx remains high for several mo...
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