Presence and function of SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cells in recovered patients and healthy volunteers [electronic resource] / an interview with Nina Le Bert.
Material type: SoundSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Interviews on Covid-19: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2020Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming audio file (9 min.))Subject(s): 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 -- immunologyOnline resources: Click here to access online | SeriesAudio interview.
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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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