Phenotypic and functional analyses of NK and NKT-like populations during the early stages of chikungunya infection

The aim of this study was to characterize NK (CD56+CD3−) and NKT-like cell (CD56+CD3+) responses early after chikungunya infection. Expression profiling and functional analysis of T/NK/NKT-like cells were performed on samples from 56 acute and 31 convalescent chikungunya patients and 56 control indi...

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Main Authors: Subrat eThanapati, Rumki eDas, Anuradha S Tripathy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00895/full