Cell-mediated immune responses directed against hepatitis C virus (HCV) alternate reading frame protein (ARFP) are undetectable during acute infection

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-103

  Drouin, Christian ^a,b   Lamarche, Stéphanie ^a,c   Bruneau, Julie ^a,b   Soudeyns, Hugo ^a,c   Shoukry, Naglaa H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute infection; Adaptive immune responses; ARFP; F protein; HCV resolution; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE READING FRAME PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 72049128617     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.10.016     Document Type: Letter

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