Mapping of the cellular immune responses to woodchuck hepatitis core antigen epitopes in chronically infected woodchucks

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-135

  Shanmuganathan, S ^a   Waters, J A ^a   Karayiannis, P ^a   Thursz, M ^a   Thomas, H C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular immune responses; WHcAg; WHV

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; WOODCHUCK;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CARRIER STATE; CELL DIVISION; CROSS REACTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITOPE MAPPING; HEPADNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS, DUCK; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTES; MARMOTA; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MARMOTA MONAX; WOODCHUCK HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0031009557     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199706)52:2<128::AID-JMV2>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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