Use of intrinsic and extrinsic helper epitopes for in vivo induction of anti-hepatitis C virus cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) with CTL epitope peptide vaccines

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-31

  Shirai, Mutsunori ^c   Chen, Ming ^c   Arichi, Tatsumi ^c   Masaki, Tsutomu ^c   Nishioka, Mikio ^c   Newman, Mark ^b   Nakazawa, Teruko ^c   Feinstone, Stephen M ^c   Berzofsky, Jay A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Vaxcel Inc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; INTERLEUKIN 2; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG DESIGN; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030068733     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.1.24     Document Type: Article

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