Author
Stefanie Fruhwürth
Recent research
- Health & Medicine
Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs underlie ~5% of herpes simplex encephalitis in adults.
Inborn errors of type I interferon (IFN-I) immunity account for ∼7-8% of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) cases in young children, but the pathogenesis of HSE in adults is largely unknown. We report that IFN-I autoantibodies (auto-Abs) in serum/plasma samples drawn before, durin...