Is the thymus a target organ in infectious diseases?

The thymus is a central lymphoid organ, in wich T cell precursors differentiale and generate most of the so-called T cell reprtoire. Along with a variety of acute infectious diseases, we and others determined important changes in both microenvironmental and lymphoid compartments of the organ. For ex...

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Main Authors: Wilson Savino, Maria do Carmo Leite de Moraes, Suse Dayse Silva Barbosa, Eliene de Carvalho da Fonseca, Vinicius Cotta de Almeida, Mireille Hontebeyrie-Joscowicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1992-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761992000900010