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NK cell immunophenotypic and genotypic analysis of infants with severe respiratory syncytial virus infection.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jul 2015
Noyola Daniel E, Juárez-Vega Guillermo, Monjarás-Ávila César, Escalante-Padrón Francisco, Rangel-Ramírez Verónica, Cadena-Mota Sandra, Monsiváis-Urenda Adriana, García-Sepúlveda Christian A, González-Amaro Roberto
Abstract excerpt
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of severe lower respiratory tract infection in infants. Reduced numbers of NK cells have been reported in infants with severe RSV infection; however, the precise role of NK cells during acute RSV infection is unclear. In this study the NK and T cell phenotypes, LILRB1 gene polymorphisms and KIR genotypes of infants hospitalized with RSV infection were...
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