THE TIME COURSE OF THE IMMUNE-RESPONSE TO EXPERIMENTAL CORONAVIRUS INFECTION OF MAN
THE TIME COURSE OF THE IMMUNE-RESPONSE TO EXPERIMENTAL CORONAVIRUS INFECTION OF MAN
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DOI:
10.1017/s0950268800048019
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发表时间:
1990-10-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
TYRRELL, DAJ
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作者:
CALLOW, KA;PARRY, HF;TYRRELL, DAJ
After preliminary trials, the detailed changes in the concentration of specific circulating and local antibodies were followed in 15 volunteers inoculated with coronavirus 229E. Ten of them, who had significantly lower concentrations of preexisting antibody than the test, became infected and eight of these developed colds. A limited investigation of circulating lymphocyte populations showed some lymphocytopenia in infected volunteers. In this group, antibody concentrations started to increase 1 week later. Thereafter antibody titres slowly declined. Although concentrations were still slightly raised 1 year later, this did not always prevent reinfection when volunteers were then challenged with the homologous virus. However, the period of virus shedding was shorter than before and none developed a cold. All of the uninfected group were infected on re-challenge although they also appeared to show some resistance to disease and in the extent of infection. These results are discussed with reference to natural infections with coronavirus and with other infections, such as rhinovirus infections.