Immunoreactivity to putative B-cell epitopes of hepatitis G virus polyprotein in viremic and nonviremic subjects

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 573-576

  Toniutto, Pierluigi ^a   Fabris, Carlo ^a   Barbone, Fabio ^a   Tisminetzky, Sergio G ^b   Liani, Dario ^a   Galai, Tiziana ^a   Barillari, Giovanni ^c   Biffoni, Franco ^c   Gasparini, Vinicio ^a   Pirisi, Mario ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Careggi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0032798462     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.4.573-576.1999     Document Type: Article

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