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Hepatitis C virus continuously escapes from neutralizing antibody and T-cell responses during chronic infection in vivo.
Gastroenterology - 1 Feb 2007
von Hahn Thomas, Yoon Joo Chun, Alter Harvey, Rice Charles M, Rehermann Barbara, Balfe Peter, McKeating Jane A
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Broadly reactive neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) and multispecific T-cell responses are generated during chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and yet fail to clear the virus. This study investigated the development of autologous nAb and HCV-glycoprotein-specific T-cell responses and their effects on viral sequence evolution during chronic infection in order to understand the reasons for...
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