Phenotypic characterization of peripheral T cells and their dynamics in scrub typhus patients.

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Bon-A Cho (Συγγραφέας), Youngho Ko (Συγγραφέας), Yeon-Sook Kim (Συγγραφέας), Sanguk Kim (Συγγραφέας), Myung-Sik Choi (Συγγραφέας), Ik-Sang Kim (Συγγραφέας), Hang-Rae Kim (Συγγραφέας), Nam-Hyuk Cho (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi infection, is one of the main causes of febrile illness in the Asia-Pacific region. Although cell-mediated immunity plays an important role in protection, little is known about the phenotypic changes and dynamics of leukocytes in scrub typhu...