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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral
On-line version ISSN 1561-3038
Abstract
SANCHEZ DE LA ROSA, Rainel; SANCHEZ DE LA ROSA, Ernesto and RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ, Néstor. La respuesta inmune antiviral. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 1998, vol.14, n.1, pp. 93-98. ISSN 1561-3038.
It is explained that viruses are compulsory intracellular parasites, since they don't have their own metabolism, which makes the immune system to start its mest specialized mechanisms to recognize and eliminate the free viruses and the infected cells. It is stated that the cells presenting antigens, and the B and T lymphocytes together with the major histocompatibility complex, are part of the organization of the immune antiviral response. The induction of this response with proteins, peptides and naked DNA are the present alternatives for the prevention and treatment of viral infections
Keywords : T-LYMPHOCYTES [immunology]; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION [immunology]; B-LYMPHOCYTES [immunology]; MAJOR; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX [immunology]; IMMUNE SYSTEM; VIRUSES [immunology].