A Role for B Cells to Transmit Hepatitis C Virus Infection

A Role for B Cells to Transmit Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is highly variable and transmits through infected blood to establish a chronic liver infection in the majority of patients. Our knowledge on the infectivity of clinical HCV strains is hampered by the lack of in vitro cell culture systems that support efficient viral replicati...

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Main Authors: Isabelle Desombere, Freya Van Houtte, Ali Farhoudi, Lieven Verhoye, Caroline Buysschaert, Yvonne Gijbels, Sibyl Couvent, Wilfried Swinnen, Hans Van Vlierberghe, André Elewaut, Andrea Magri, Zania Stamataki, Philip Meuleman, Jane A McKeating, Geert Leroux-Roels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
hepatitis C virus
B cell
transmission
infection
persistence
immune response
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.775098/full

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