Broad specificity of virus-specific CD4+ T-helper-cell responses in resolved hepatitis C virus infection

Journal of Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 12584-12595

  Day, Cheryl L ^a   Lauer, Georg M ^a   Robbins, Gregory K ^a   McGovern, Barbara ^a   Wurcel, Alysse G ^a   Gandhi, Rajesh T ^a   Chung, Raymond T ^a   Walker, Bruce D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 0036891826     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.24.12584-12595.2002     Document Type: Article

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