Incubation phase of acute hepatitis B in man: dynamic of cellular immune mechanisms.

After hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, liver injury and viral control have been thought to result from lysis of infected hepatocytes by virus-specific cytotoxic T cells. Patients are usually studied only after developing significant liver injury, and so the viral and immune events during the incub...

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Main Authors: Webster, G, Reignat, S, Maini, M, Whalley, SA, Ogg, G, King, A, Brown, D, Amlot, P, Williams, R, Vergani, D, Dusheiko, G, Bertoletti, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2000