The ubiquitous Torque teno virus (TTV) establishes a chronically persistent infection in the human host. TTV has not been associated with any apparent disease, but, as part of the human virome, it may confer a regulatory imprint on the human immune system with as yet unclear consequences. However, so far, only few studies have characterized the TTV-specific immune responses or the overall immunological imprints by TTV. Here, we reveal that TTV infection leads to a highly exhausted TTV-specific CD8
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