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Ho Lab on HIV Persistence, Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine
Mar 29, 2020 6 tweets 4 min read
SARS-CoV-2: A Storm is Raging: Our Preview/Perspective for Chen on JCI: by day 8 after infection, it's cytokine storm and CD4/CD8 decrease that causes respiratory failure, not viral load. Agree w/ Stanley Perlman & @VirusesImmunity
shorturl.at/frwxZ shorturl.at/dJMN5 This is the first peer-reviewed study characterizing cytokine profiles, CD4 count and T cell function in SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals. Cytokine storm correlates with disease severity.