Journal
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
Volume 80, Issue 11, Pages 1947-1951Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21302
Keywords
Andes virus; Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary syndrome; persistence; peripheral blood; T-lymphocytes
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- Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y teenologico (FONDECYT) [1050667, 1040155]
- United States Public Health Service [UO1 A156618, U19 A145452, UO1 AI 054779]
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Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS) due to Andes virus (ANDV) is endemic in Chile and Argentina and currently demonstrates a case-fatality rate of 37% in humans. By contrast to the chronically infected rodents, it is believed that ANDV in humans is cleared during the acute phase. Moreover, to date, both magnitude and quality of human T-cell responses during ANDV infection and clearance are unknown. Using IFN-gamma and granzyme B ELISPOT assays as well as flow cytometry, we prospectively studied the ANDV-specific T-cell responses in a 56-year-old convalescing survivor of severe HCPS, whose blood cells remained PCR-positive for ANDV-RNA until day 53 after hospital admission, that is, 67 days after infection and 42 days after discharge. PCR-negativity was closely related to the increase and function of (Gn(46-60))-specific IFN-gamma(+) granzyme B(+) CD8(+) T-cells, but not to neutralizing antibody titers. Concurrently, the phenotype of CD45RA(+)CCR7(-) Gn(46-60)-Specific T-cells shifted from a CD28(-)CD27(+) intermediate to a CD28(-)CD27(-) late effector memory beyond day 53 after hospital admission. This is the first report that shows that ANDV can persist in the human hosts for more than 2 months. Moreover, the kinetics of T-cell responses during ANDV clearance may indicate a major role of T-cells for clearance of ANDV and human immunity to this pathogen.
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