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Phenotype and specificity of T cells in primary human cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy : IL-7Rpos long-term memory phenotype is associated with protection from vertical transmission

Mele, Federico ; Fornara, Chiara ; Jarrossay, David ; Furione, Milena ; Arossa, Alessia ; Spinillo, Arsenio ; Lanzavecchia, Antonio ; Gerna, Giuseppe ; Sallusto, Federica ; Lilleri, Daniele

In: Plos one, 2017, vol. 12, no. 11, p. e0187731

Congenital human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is the major cause of birth defects and a precise definition of the HCMV-specific T-cell response in primary infection may help define reliable correlates of immune protection during pregnancy. In this study, a high throughput method was used to define the frequency of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells specific for four HCMV proteins in the naïve...