Imbalance in the game of T cells: What can the CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio tell us about HIV and health?

Joseph A. McBride; Rob Striker

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006624

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Imbalance in the game of T cells: What can the CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio tell us about HIV and health?

Joseph A. McBride ,

* E-mail: jmcbride@medicine.wisc.edu

Affiliations William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital and the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3434-8032

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Rob Striker

Affiliations William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital and the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Imbalance in the game of T cells: What can the CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio tell us about HIV and health?

Joseph A. McBride,
Rob Striker

Published: November 2, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006624

About the Authors

Joseph A. McBride

* E-mail: jmcbride@medicine.wisc.edu

Affiliations William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital and the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3434-8032

Rob Striker

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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