Malignant Catarrhal Fever Induced by Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 Is Associated with Proliferation of CD8+ T Cells Supporting a Latent Infection

Benjamin Dewals; Christel Boudry; Frédéric Farnir; Pierre-Vincent Drion; Alain Vanderplasschen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001627

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Malignant Catarrhal Fever Induced by Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 Is Associated with Proliferation of CD8⁺ T Cells Supporting a Latent Infection

Benjamin Dewals,

Affiliation Immunology-Vaccinology (B43b), Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Christel Boudry,

Affiliation Immunology-Vaccinology (B43b), Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Frédéric Farnir,

Affiliation Biostatistics (B43), Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Pierre-Vincent Drion,

Affiliation Animal facility (B23), University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Alain Vanderplasschen

*E-mail: A.vdplasschen@ulg.ac.be

Affiliation Immunology-Vaccinology (B43b), Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Malignant Catarrhal Fever Induced by Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 Is Associated with Proliferation of CD8⁺ T Cells Supporting a Latent Infection

Benjamin Dewals,
Christel Boudry,
Frédéric Farnir,
Pierre-Vincent Drion,
Alain Vanderplasschen

Published: February 20, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001627

About the Authors

Benjamin Dewals

Affiliation Immunology-Vaccinology (B43b), Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Christel Boudry

Affiliation Immunology-Vaccinology (B43b), Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Frédéric Farnir

Affiliation Biostatistics (B43), Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Pierre-Vincent Drion

Affiliation Animal facility (B23), University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Alain Vanderplasschen

*E-mail: A.vdplasschen@ulg.ac.be

Affiliation Immunology-Vaccinology (B43b), Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AV BD. Performed the experiments: BD CB PD. Analyzed the data: AV FF BD CB PD. Wrote the paper: AV BD.

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