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Mathieu Iampietro
Contributed equally to this work with: Mathieu Iampietro, Patrick Younan
Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Patrick Younan
Contributed equally to this work with: Mathieu Iampietro, Patrick Younan
Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Andrew Nishida
Affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Mukta Dutta
Affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Ndongala Michel Lubaki
Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Rodrigo I. Santos
Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
Richard A. Koup
Affiliation: Immunology Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Michael G. Katze
Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Washington National Primate Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Alexander Bukreyev
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Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0342-4824Abstract
Fatal outcomes of Ebola virus (EBOV) infections are typically preceded by a ‘sepsis-like’ syndrome and lymphopenia despite T cells being resistant to Ebola infection. The mechanisms that lead to T lymphocytes death remain largely unknown; however,...