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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5079
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
Some individuals infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) experience multiple episodes of acute hepatitis. It is unclear whether these episodes are due to reinfection with HCV or to reactivation of the original virus infection. Markers of viral replication and host immunity were studied in five chimpanzees sequentially inoculated over a period of 3 years with different HCV strains of proven infectivity. Each rechallenge of a convalescent chimpanzee with the same or a different HCV strain resulted in the reappearance of viremia, which was due to infection with the subsequent challenge virus. The evidence indicates that HCV infection does not elicit protective immunity against reinfection with homologous or heterologous strains, which raises concerns for the development of effective vaccines against HCV.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
258
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
135-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Alanine Transaminase, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Hepacivirus, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Hepatitis Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Hepatitis C, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Hepatitis C Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Immunity, Active, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Pan troglodytes, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Sequence Homology, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Viremia, pubmed-meshheading:1279801-Virus Replication
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Lack of protective immunity against reinfection with hepatitis C virus.
pubmed:affiliation
Hepatitis Viruses Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article