Characterization of the antibody response specific for the human endogenous retrovirus HTDV/HERV-K

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 4581-4588

  Boller, Klaus ^a   Janssen, Ottmar ^a   Schuldes, Horst ^b   Tönjes, Ralf R ^a   Kurth, Reinhard ^a  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0031000326     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.6.4581-4588.1997     Document Type: Article

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