Immune selection during chronic hepadnavirus infection

Hepatology International

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-16

  Mason, William S ^a   Litwin, Sam ^a   Jilbert, Allison R ^b,c  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; HBeAg ( ) HBV; Hepatocyte clones; Immune selection

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEPADNAVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

EID: 69749084253     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-007-9024-3     Document Type: Review

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