Critical epitopes in the nucleocapsid protein of SFTS virus recognized by a panel of SFTS patients derived human monoclonal antibodies.

BACKGROUND: SFTS virus (SFTSV) is a newly discovered pathogen to cause severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in human. Successful control of SFTSV epidemic requires better understanding of the antigen target in humoral immune responses to the new bunyavirus infection. METHODOLOGY/PRINCI...

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Main Authors: Li Yu, Li Zhang, Lina Sun, Jing Lu, Wei Wu, Chuan Li, Quanfu Zhang, Fushun Zhang, Cong Jin, Xianjun Wang, Zhenqiang Bi, Dexin Li, Mifang Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3373585?pdf=render