Modulation of Host Immunity by Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Virulence Factors: A Synergic Inhibition of Both Innate and Adaptive Immunity

Modulation of Host Immunity by Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Virulence Factors: A Synergic Inhibition of Both Innate and Adaptive Immunity

The Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (hRSV) is a major cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) and high rates of hospitalizations in children and in the elderly worldwide. Symptoms of hRSV infection include bronchiolitis and pneumonia. The lung pathology observed during hRSV infec...

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Main Authors: Gisela Canedo-Marroquín, Orlando Acevedo-Acevedo, Emma Rey-Jurado, Juan M. Saavedra, Margarita K. Lay, Susan M. Bueno, Claudia A. Riedel, Alexis M. Kalergis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
hRSV
genes
evasion of host immunity
N protein
immunological synapse
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00367/full

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