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Systemic varicella zoster virus reactive effector memory T-cells impaired in the elderly and in kidney transplant recipients.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2012
van Besouw Nicole M, Verjans Georges M G M, Zuijderwijk Joke M, Litjens Nicolle H R, Osterhaus Albert D M E, Weimar Willem
Abstract excerpt
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) infections cause varicella and subsequently herpes zoster upon reactivation. Immune-compromised individuals and the elderly are at high risk of developing herpes zoster due to waning of VZV-specific T-cell immunity. In the present study, a novel functional T-cell assay was developed to test the correlation between age and VZV-specific T-cell responses in peripheral blood from healthy...
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