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Structure of a Human Astrovirus Capsid-Antibody Complex and Mechanistic Insights into Virus Neutralization.
Journal of virology - 15 Jan 2017
Bogdanoff Walter A, Campos Jocelyn, Perez Edmundo I, Yin Lu, Alexander David L, DuBois Rebecca M
Abstract excerpt
Human astroviruses (HAstVs) are a leading cause of viral diarrhea in young children, the immunocompromised, and the elderly. There are no vaccines or antiviral therapies against HAstV disease. Several lines of evidence point to the presence of protective antibodies in healthy adults as a mechanism governing protection against reinfection by HAstV. However, development of anti-HAstV therapies is hampered by the...
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