Dynamic changes in the immunological characteristics of T lymphocytes in surviving patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)

Objective: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease with high mortality. T cell deficiency has recently been described, but the changes in T cell functionality during acute SFTS virus (SFTSV) infection and the mechanisms leading to T lymphocyte death remai...

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Main Authors: Meng-Meng Li, Wen-Jing Zhang, Jia Liu, Ming-Yue Li, Yan-Fang Zhang, Yan Xiong, Shu-E Xiong, Cong-Cong Zou, Lei-Qun Xiong, Bo-Yun Liang, Meng-Ji Lu, Dong-Liang Yang, Cheng Peng, Xin Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218300699