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Broadening the Repertoire of Functional Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1–Specific CD8+ T Cells Reduces Viral Reactivation from Latency in Sensory Ganglia
23 Jul 2013
Abstract excerpt
A large proportion of the world population harbors HSV type 1 (HSV-1) in a latent state in their trigeminal ganglia (TG). TG-resident CD8(+) T cells appear important for preventing HSV-1 reactivation from latency and recurrent herpetic disease. In C57BL/6J mice, half of these cells are specific for an immunodominant epitope on HSV-1 glycoprotein B, whereas the other half are specific for 18 subdominant epitopes....
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