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Differences in the ease with which mutant viruses escape from human monoclonal antibodies against the HA stem of influenza A virus.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Nov 2018
Yamayoshi Seiya, Yasuhara Atsuhiro, Ito Mutsumi, Uraki Ryuta, Kawaoka Yoshihiro
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BACKGROUND: Broadly protective human monoclonal antibodies that recognize the conserved epitopes in the HA of influenza A virus are being developed as therapeutic agents. Emergence of resistant viruses must always be considered when developing therapeutic agents against influenza. OBJECTIVES: We examined human hetero-reactive mAbs against the HA stem of influenza A virus for the ease with which escape mutant...
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