Antibody responses to hepatitis C envelope proteins in patients with acute or chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-167

  Fournillier Jacob, Anne ^a   Lunel, Françoise ^b   Cahour, Annie ^a   Cresta, Pascale ^b   Frangeul, Lionel ^b   Perrin, Michelle ^b   Girard, Marc ^a   Wychowski, Czeslaw ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Antigenic formulation; Envelope proteins; Hepatitis C virus; Infection stages; Specific antibodies

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0029862006     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199610)50:2<159::AID-JMV9>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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