在SARS-CoV-2血清阴性儿童的独特的T细胞多功能特征与特有的人类冠状病毒交叉反应相关

Ntombi Benede1,2, Marius B Tincho1,2, Avril Walters1,2

  • 1Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa.

iScience
|January 18, 2024
PubMed
概括

研究了南非儿童的SARS-CoV-2T细胞反应. 与特有冠状病毒的交叉反应可能解释一些儿童的T细胞存在,导致轻度SARS-CoV-2疾病.

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