Distinct disease features in chimpanzees infected with a precore HBV mutant associated with acute liver failure in humans.

Transmission to chimpanzees of a precore hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutant implicated in acute liver failure (ALF) in humans did not cause ALF nor the classic form of acute hepatitis B (AHB) seen upon infection with the wild-type HBV strain, but rather a severe AHB with distinct disease features. Here,...

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Main Authors: Zhaochun Chen, Ronald E Engle, Chen-Hsiang Shen, Huaying Zhao, Peter W Schuck, Emily J Danoff, Hanh Nguyen, Norihisa Nishimura, Kevin W Bock, Ian N Moore, Peter D Kwong, Robert H Purcell, Sugantha Govindarajan, Patrizia Farci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008793