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Tipping the scales of herpes simplex virus reactivation: The important responses are local

Nature Medicine volume 4, pages 381–382 (1998)Cite this article

Although the most severe Herpes Simplex Virus-related symptoms seem to occur in patients with impaired cell-mediated immunity, until recently it appeared that patients who seemed to better control the infection showed little by way of anti-HSV cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses. Lawrence Corey and colleagues explain.

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  1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1124 Columbia St., Room M115, Seattle, Washington, 98104, USA

    Christine M. Posavad, David M. Koelle & Lawrence Corey

  2. Department of Medicine, Univ. of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1124 Columbia St., Room M115, Seattle, Washington, 98104, USA

    Christine M. Posavad, David M. Koelle & Lawrence Corey

  3. Program in Infectious Diseases, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1124 Columbia St., Room M115, Seattle, Washington, 98104, USA

    David M. Koelle & Lawrence Corey

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Posavad, C., Koelle, D. & Corey, L. Tipping the scales of herpes simplex virus reactivation: The important responses are local. Nat Med 4, 381–382 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0498-381

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