Increased level and interferon-γ production of circulating natural killer cells in patients with scrub typhus.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on July 27, 2017

Authors

Seung-Ji Kang1, Hye-Mi Jin2, Young-Nan Cho2, Seong Eun Kim1, Uh Jin Kim1, Kyung-Hwa Park1, Hee-Chang Jang1, Sook-In Jung1, Seung-Jung Kee3, Yong-Wook Park2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious Diseases, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
2: Department of Rheumatology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
3: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.

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