Regulatory T Cells Suppress Antiviral Immune Responses and Increase Viral Loads during Acute Infection with a Lymphotropic Retrovirus

Gennadiy Zelinskyy; Kirsten Dietze; Tim Sparwasser; Ulf Dittmer

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000406

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Regulatory T Cells Suppress Antiviral Immune Responses and Increase Viral Loads during Acute Infection with a Lymphotropic Retrovirus

Gennadiy Zelinskyy ,

* E-mail: gennadiy.zelinskyy@uni-due.de

Affiliation Institut für Virologie der Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Kirsten Dietze,

Affiliation Institut für Virologie der Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Tim Sparwasser,

Affiliation Institute for Infection Immunology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany
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Ulf Dittmer

Affiliation Institut für Virologie der Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Regulatory T Cells Suppress Antiviral Immune Responses and Increase Viral Loads during Acute Infection with a Lymphotropic Retrovirus

Gennadiy Zelinskyy,
Kirsten Dietze,
Tim Sparwasser,
Ulf Dittmer

Published: August 28, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000406

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