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SUBMITTER: Hammarlund E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2567221 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hammarlund Erika E Dasgupta Anindya A Pinilla Clemencia C Norori Patricia P Früh Klaus K Slifka Mark K MK
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080916 38
Monkeypox virus (MPV) is a virulent human pathogen that has gained increased attention because of its potential use as a bioterrorism agent and inadvertent introduction into North America in 2003. The US outbreak also provided an important opportunity to study MPV-specific T cell immunity. Although MPV-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells could recognize vaccinia virus (VV)-infected monocytes and produce inflammatory cytokines such as IFNgamma and TNFalpha, they were largely incapable of respondin ...[more]