Presence and function of SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cells in recovered patients and healthy volunteers

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Other Authors: Le Bert, Nina (Speaker)
Format: Electronic Audio
Language:English
Published: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2020.
Series:Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Interviews on Covid-19.
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Online Access:https://hstalks.com/bs/4416/
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: The need to characterise SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cells from recovered patients
  • Discovery of similar SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cells in healthy volunteers
  • Possible reasons for presence of SARS-2-specific T-cells in healthy volunteers
  • Differences in actions and behaviours of SARS-2-specific T-cells in patients versus volunteers
  • Role of SARS-2-specific T-cells in conferring pre-existing immunity to COVID-19 (i.e. asymptomatic infections)
  • Possible implications of the presence of such cells on disease progression
  • Implications for vaccine development.