Respuesta inmune innata aberrante en la infección letal de macacos con el virus de la gripe de 1918

Darwyn Kobasa1, Steven M Jones, Kyoko Shinya

  • 1Respiratory Viruses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3R2, Canada.

Nature
|January 19, 2007
PubMed
Resumen

El virus de la gripe de 1918 causó enfermedades respiratorias graves y la muerte en macacos. Las respuestas inmunes atípicas en estos primates contribuyeron al resultado fatal, lo que sugiere una característica compartida entre los virus de la gripe virulenta.

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