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Previously infected chimpanzees are not consistently protected against reinfection or persistent infection after reexposure to the identical hepatitis C virus strain.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 2008
Bukh Jens, Thimme Robert, Meunier Jean-Christophe, Faulk Kristina, Spangenberg Hans Christian, Chang Kyong-Mi, Satterfield William, Chisari Francis V, Purcell Robert H
Abstract excerpt
Protective immunity after resolved hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been reported. However, the breadth of this immunity has remained controversial, and the role of neutralizing antibodies has not been well-defined. In the present study, two chimpanzees (CH96A008 and CH1494) with resolved mo...
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