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The cellular immunotherapy of viral infection
Author(s) -
Moss P. A. H.,
Cobbold M.,
Craddock C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
transfusion medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1365-3148
pISSN - 0958-7578
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2003.00468.x
Subject(s) - immunotherapy , viral infection , immunology , medicine , intensive care medicine , immune system , virus
Summary. Viral infections remain a major problem for the patient who has undergone a stem cell transplant and the introduction of increasingly more intensive SCT regimens suggests that this will remain a significant concern for the immediate future. Advances in basic immunology have led to an improved understanding of how immune responses control individual viral infections and this information is now being directly applied to patient care with encouraging results. The application of cellular immunotherapy to the immunocompromised patient is one of the most exciting areas of clinical medicine and offers the prospect of significant clinical impact.