immune system
• lack of CD4+ T cells
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• lack of CD8+ T cells
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• increased 4 fold
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• profound CNS inflammation
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• homozygotes infected with HSV-1 strain 17 die around 11-13 days after infection while 85% of heterozygous controls survive
• virus titers in the brain are significant by 10 days when spleen and liver titers remain undetectable
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hematopoietic system
• lack of CD4+ T cells
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• lack of CD8+ T cells
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• increased 4 fold
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nervous system
• profound CNS inflammation
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endocrine/exocrine glands