Longitudinal Analysis of Natural Killer Cells in Dengue Virus-Infected Patients in Comparison to Chikungunya and Chikungunya/Dengue Virus-Infected Patients.

• Main Authors: Caroline Petitdemange (Author), Nadia Wauquier (Author), Hervé Devilliers (Author), Hans Yssel (Author), Illich Mombo (Author), Mélanie Caron (Author), Dieudonné Nkoghé (Author), Patrice Debré (Author), Eric Leroy (Author), Vincent Vieillard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Dengue virus (DENV) is the most prominent arbovirus worldwide, causing major epidemics in South-East Asia, South America and Africa. In 2010, a major DENV-2 outbreak occurred in Gabon with cases of patients co-infected with chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Although the innate immune response is...