Serum immunoglobulin G antibodies to the GOR autoepitope are present in patients with occult Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection despite lack of HCV-specific antibodies

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1302-1306

  Quiroga, Juan A ^a   Castillo, Inmaculada ^a   Bartolomé, Javier ^a   Carreño, Vicente ^a  

^a Fundacion para el Estudio de Las Hepatitis Virales   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 35548946687     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00128-07     Document Type: Article

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