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Review
. 2017 May 12;18(5):1040.
doi: 10.3390/ijms18051040.

Differential Immune Responses to New World and Old World Mammalian Arenaviruses

Hinh Ly  1
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Review

Differential Immune Responses to New World and Old World Mammalian Arenaviruses

Hinh Ly. Int J Mol Sci. .

Abstract

Some New World (NW) and Old World (OW) mammalian arenaviruses are emerging, zoonotic viruses that can cause lethal hemorrhagic fever (HF) infections in humans. While these are closely related RNA viruses, the infected hosts appear to mount different types of immune responses against them. Lassa virus (LASV) infection, for example, results in suppressed immune function in progressive disease stage, whereas patients infected with Junín virus (JUNV) develop overt pro-inflammatory cytokine production. These viruses have also evolved different molecular strategies to evade host immune recognition and activation. This paper summarizes current progress in understanding the differential immune responses to pathogenic arenaviruses and how the information can be exploited toward the development of vaccines against them.

Keywords: Junin; Lassa; arenaviruses; hemorrhagic fever; immune evasion; vaccine.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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