Antibody responses during hepatitis B viral infection.

Hepatitis B is a DNA virus that infects liver cells and can cause both acute and chronic disease. It is believed that both viral and host factors are responsible for determining whether the infection is cleared or becomes chronic. Here we investigate the mechanism of protection by developing a mathe...

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Main Authors: Stanca M Ciupe, Ruy M Ribeiro, Alan S Perelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-07-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4117427?pdf=render