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Immunobiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection: the role of CD4 T cells in HCV infection.
Immunological reviews - 1 Apr 2000
Eckels D D, Wang H, Bian T H, Tabatabai N, Gill J C
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is yet another example of a pathogen that persists in the presence of a readily apparent immune response. As evidence for both humoral and cellular immune responsiveness is quite strong, our studies have begun to examine whether qualitative defects in CD4 T-cell responses to viral antigens may help to explain why HCV is not eliminated in the vast majority of infections. Direct evidence...
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