Open AccessHumoral Immune Response in Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Author(s) -
Dale Netski,
Tim Mosbruger,
Erik Depla,
Geert Maertens,
Stuart C. Ray,
Robert G. Hamilton,
Stacy Roundtree,
David L. Thomas,
Jane A. McKeating,
Andrea L. Cox
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/432478
Subject(s) - virology , seroconversion , antibody , hepatitis c virus , immunology , medicine , virus , neutralizing antibody , immune system , titer
There is little information on the timing, magnitude, specificity, and clinical relevance of the antibody response to acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We investigated the specificity, titer, and neutralizing potential of antibody responses to acute infection by examining 12 injection drug users before, during, and after infection.