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CD8+ T lymphocytes control murine cytomegalovirus replication in the central nervous system of newborn animals.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Aug 2008
Bantug Glenn R B, Cekinovic Djurdijca, Bradford Russell, Koontz Thad, Jonjic Stipan, Britt William J
Abstract excerpt
Human CMV infection of the neonatal CNS results in long-term neurologic sequelae. To define the pathogenesis of fetal human CMV CNS infections, we investigated mechanisms of virus clearance from the CNS of neonatal BALB/c mice infected with murine CMV (MCMV). Virus titers peaked in the CNS between postnatal days 10-14 and infectious virus was undetectable by postnatal day 21. Congruent with virus clearance was...
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