Arenavirus glycan shield promotes neutralizing antibody evasion and protracted infection.

Arenaviruses such as Lassa virus (LASV) can cause severe hemorrhagic fever in humans. As a major impediment to vaccine development, delayed and weak neutralizing antibody (nAb) responses represent a unifying characteristic of both natural infection and all vaccine candidates tested to date. To inves...

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Main Authors: Sommerstein, R, Flatz, L, Remy, M, Malinge, P, Magistrelli, G, Fischer, N, Sahin, M, Bergthaler, A, Igonet, S, Ter Meulen, J, Rigo, D, Meda, P, Rabah, N, Coutard, B, Bowden, T, Lambert, P, Siegrist, C, Pinschewer, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015