Hepatitis B antigens in serum and liver of chimpanzees acutely infected with hepatitis B virus

Autor: Berquist, K R, Peterson, J M, Murphy, B L, Ebert, J W, Maynard, J E, Purcell, R H
Zdroj: Infection and Immunity; September 1975, Vol. 12 Issue: 3 p602-605, 4p
Abstrakt: We report the temporal patterns of various immunohistological and serological parameters of acute self-limited hepatitis B virus infection of two chimpanzees, and we provide evidence that the synthesis of hepatitis B core antigen precedes that of hepatitis B surface antigen. Our data suggest that existence of a biphasic hepatitis B virus infection involving a hematogenous reinfection of the liver and indicate that recruitment of liver cells to produce hepatitis B virus may occur in a pattern consistent with a replicative cycle of about 8 days.
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