Results
Title

Antiviral immunity: Dengue's deadly second sting.

Authors

Bell, Jennifer

Abstract

Presents the result of a study on the role of virus-specific T-cell responses in dengue hemorrhagic fever. Possible reason behind the severity of the second infection with dengue virus; Analysis of the lack of virus-specific T cells during crucial stages of infection; Specificity of serotypes of T cells.

Subjects

DENGUE; VIRUSES; T cells; HEMORRHAGIC fever; VIRUS diseases

Publication

Nature Reviews Immunology, 2003, Vol 3, Issue 7, p516

ISSN

1474-1733

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1038/nri1143