Unusual naturally occurring humoral and cellular mutated epitopes of hepatitis B virus in a chronically infected Argentine patient with anti-HBs antibodies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2191-2198

  Cuestas, María L ^a   Mathet, Verónica L ^a   Ruiz, Vanesa ^a   Minassian, María L ^a   Rivero, Cintia ^a   Sala, Andrea ^a   Corach, Daniel ^a   Alessio, Analía ^b   Pozzati, Marcia ^b   Frider, Bernardo ^b   Oubiña, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DNA EXTRACTION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; P GENE; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; S GENE; VIRUS GENE; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; EPITOPES; GENE PRODUCTS, POL; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33745141909     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00057-06     Document Type: Article

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