B cell response and mechanisms of antibody protection to west nile virus

Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1015-1036

  Kyle Austin, S ^a   Dowd, Kimberly A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitopes; Flavivirus; Humoral immunity; Neutralizing antibody; Therapeutics; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; FC RECEPTOR; WEST NILE VACCINE;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84896300857     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v6031015     Document Type: Review

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