Long-term hepatitis B virus infection of rhesus macaques requires suppression of host immunity

Here, Biswas et al. present and characterize a second-generation model of HBV infection in rhesus macaques, showing that extended infection requires suppression of host immunity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sreya Biswas, Lauren N. Rust, Jochen M. Wettengel, Sofiya Yusova, Miranda Fischer, Julien N. Carson, Josie Johnson, Lei Wei, Trason Thode, Mohan R. Kaadige, Sunil Sharma, Majd Agbaria, Benjamin N. Bimber, Thomas Tu, Ulrike Protzer, Alexander Ploss, Jeremy V. Smedley, Gershon Golomb, Jonah B. Sacha, Benjamin J. Burwitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30593-0