Open AccessClinical Correlation of Cytomegalovirus Infection With CMV-specific CD8+ T-cell Immune Competence Score and Lymphocyte Subsets in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Author(s) -
Atibordee Meesing,
Roshini S. Abraham,
Raymund R. Razonable
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002396
Subject(s) - medicine , immunology , cd8 , immune system , interquartile range , human cytomegalovirus , gastroenterology , lymphocyte , hazard ratio , confidence interval , virus
Control of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after solid organ transplantation (SOT) requires a functional immune system. We assessed the association between quantitation and function of CMV-specific CD8+ T cells and CMV infection in SOT recipients.