Le Bert, Nina,

Presence and function of SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cells in recovered patients and healthy volunteers [electronic resource] / an interview with Nina Le Bert. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2020. - 1 online resource (1 streaming audio file (9 min.)). - Interviews on Covid-19, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Interviews on Covid-19. .

Audio interview. Title from title frames.

Contents: The need to characterise SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cells from recovered patients -- Discovery of similar SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cells in healthy volunteers -- Possible reasons for presence of SARS-2-specific T-cells in healthy volunteers -- Differences in actions and behaviours of SARS-2-specific T-cells in patients versus volunteers -- Role of SARS-2-specific T-cells in conferring pre-existing immunity to COVID-19 (i.e. asymptomatic infections) -- Possible implications of the presence of such cells on disease progression -- Implications for vaccine development.

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8193 Henry Stewart Talks


Coronavirus infections--Immunological aspects.
COVID-19 (Disease)--Research.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
T cells.
Asymptomatic Infections.
Coronavirus Infections.
COVID-19--immunology.
COVID-19--virology.
Disease Progression.
Healthy Volunteers.
Pandemics.
Pneumonia, Viral--immunology.
SARS-CoV-2.
T-Lymphocytes--immunology.
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