Neutralizing antibody response to hepatitis C virus

Viruses

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2127-2145

  Wang, Yong ^a   Keck, Zhen Yong ^a   Foung, Steven K H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitope; Escape; Hepatitis C virus; Neutralization antibodies; Vaccine development

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E2; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; HYPERVARIABLE REGION 1 PEPTIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINIA VACCINE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 82155191792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v3112127     Document Type: Review

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