Long-lasting memory T cell responses following self-limited acute hepatitis B

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1185-1194

  Penna, Amalia ^a   Artini, Marco ^b   Cavalli, Albertina ^a   Levrero, Massimo ^c   Bertoletti, Antonio ^a   Pilli, Massimo ^a   Chisari, Francis V ^d   Rehermann, Barbara ^d   Del Prete, Gianfranco ^e   Fiaccadori, Franco ^a   Ferrari, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

cytokines; HBV envelope antigens; HBV nucleocapsid antigens; tetanus; toxoid; viremia

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

EID: 9544232506     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118902     Document Type: Article

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