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Transmitted/Founder Viruses Rapidly Escape from CD8+ T Cell Responses in Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2015
Bull Rowena A, Leung Preston, Gaudieri Silvana, Deshpande Pooja, Cameron Barbara, Walker Melanie, Chopra Abha, Lloyd Andrew R, Luciani Fabio
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UNLABELLED: The interaction between hepatitis C virus (HCV) and cellular immune responses during very early infection is critical for disease outcome. To date, the impact of antigen-specific cellular immune responses on the evolution of the viral population establishing infection and on potential escape has not been studied. Understanding these early host-virus dynamics is important for the development of a...
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