The immunostimulatory power of acute viral infection.
In this issue of Immunity, Miller et al. (2008) use multiple independent techniques to demonstrate that antiviral T cell responses after acute human infection are much larger than previously realized.
Walker
Joshua M
JM
Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, 505 NW 185th Avenue, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA.
Slifka
Mark K
MK
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