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Neutralization escape mutants define a dominant immunogenic neutralization site on hepatitis A virus

J T Stapleton, S M Lemon

    Journal of Virology
    |February 1, 1987
    PubMed
    Summary

    Hepatitis A virus has a single dominant neutralization site, unlike poliovirus. This finding suggests Hepatitis A virus is a promising candidate for developing synthetic peptide or anti-idiotype vaccines.

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