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Analysis of HBV-Specific CD4 T-cell Responses and Identification of HLA-DR-Restricted CD4 T-Cell Epitopes Based on a Peptide Matrix
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[Humoral response to hepatitis C virus antigens in coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1]
Abstract:
A humoral immune response to individual hepatitis C virus (HCV) antigens was studied in 49 patients at the subclinical stage of HIV-1 infection. These patients, as compared with a group comprising 50 patients with chronic hepatitis C, showed statistically significant higher levels of HCV-specific immunoglobulins G to nucleocapsid protein and the antigens NS3, NS4ab, NS5a. The group of patients with coinfection did not differ from those with chronic HCV monoinfection in detection rates and anti-HCV IgM.
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