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Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus co-infected young and middle-aged adults can have an aging-related T-cell phenotype.
Scientific reports - 5 Jul 2023
Hofstee Marloes I, Cevirgel Alper, de Zeeuw-Brouwer Mary-Lène, de Rond Lia, van der Klis Fiona, Buisman Anne-Marie
Abstract excerpt
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is known to alter circulating effector memory or re-expressing CD45RA+ (TemRA) T-cell numbers, but whether Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) does the same or this is amplified during a CMV and EBV co-infection is unclear. Immune cell numbers in blood of children and young, middle-aged, and senior adults (n = 336) were determined with flow cytometry, and additional multivariate linear regression,...
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