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Humoral immunity to immunodominant epitopes of Hepatitis C virus in individuals infected with genotypes 1a or 1b.
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) - 1 Apr 2004
Carlos Maria P, Yamamura Yasuhiro, Vu Quynh, Conzen Kendra, Anderson David E, Torres José V
Abstract excerpt
Cellular immunity against multiple Hepatitis C virus (HCV) proteins is observed in patients acutely infected with HCV most of whom later resolve infection. We wished to assess humoral immunity in patients infected with HCV 1a or 1b genotypes in relation to viral load using plasma samples from HCV-infected individuals and a panel of peptides representing immunodominant epitopes of HCV structural and nonstructural...
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