Article
Additive effect of neutralizing antibody and antiviral drug treatment in preventing virus escape and persistence.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 2000
Seiler P, Senn B M, Klenerman P, Kalinke U, Hengartner H, Zinkernagel R M
Abstract excerpt
Poorly cytopathic or noncytopathic viruses can escape immune surveillance and establish a chronic infection. Here we exploited the strategy of combining antiviral drug treatment with the induction of a neutralizing antibody response to avoid the appearance of neutralization-resistant virus variants. Despite the fact that H25 immunoglobulin transgenic mice infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus mounted...
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