Zika vaccines should induce responses by CD4+ T cells

(PLOS) Immune cells called CD4+ T cells could be important mediators of protection against the Zika virus, according to a study published Jan. 24 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Sujan Shresta of the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, and colleagues. The findings support vaccine strategies that induce a protective CD4+ T cell response to the Zika virus.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news