Interaction of complement with human cytomegalovirus

In the absence of specific anti-human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) antibodies, complement has a negligible neutralizing effect on the virions. Under these conditions, the presence of activated C3 fragments, but not C9, were found on the HCMV virions. There are no known viral complement inhibitors enc...

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Main Author: Spiler, Owen Bradley
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8968