Complementary role of HCV and HIV in T-cell activation and exhaustion in HIV/HCV coinfection.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether T-cell activation and exhaustion is linked to HCV- and HIV disease parameters in HIV/HCV infected individuals, we studied T-cell characteristics in HIV/HCV coinfected patients and controls. METHODS: 14 HIV/HCV coinfected, 19 HCV monoinfected, 10 HIV monoinfected pa...

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Main Authors: Thijs Feuth, Joop E Arends, Justin H Fransen, Nening M Nanlohy, Karel J van Erpecum, Peter D Siersema, Andy I M Hoepelman, Debbie van Baarle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3598709?pdf=render