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HCV monoinfection and HIV/HCV coinfection enhance T-cell immune senescence in injecting drug users early during infection

BACKGROUND: Injecting drug users (IDU) are at premature risk of developing multimorbidity and mortality from causes commonly observed in the elderly. Ageing of the immune system (immune-senescence) can lead to premature morbidity and mortality and can be accelerated by chronic viral infections. Here...

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Autores principales: Grady, Bart P. X., Nanlohy, Nening M., van Baarle, Debbie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4815107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27034702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12979-016-0065-0