Significance of the anti-E2 response in self-limited and chronic hepatitis C virus infections in chimpanzees and in humans

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 987-991

  Prince, Alfred M ^a   Brotman, Betsy ^a   Lee, Dong Hun ^a   Ren, Leigh ^a   Moore, Bonnie S ^b   Scheffel, James W ^b  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 0033388850     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314973     Document Type: Article

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