Selection-driven immune escape is not a
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Michael J. Fuller; Naglaa H. Shoukry; Toshifumi Gushima; David G. Bowen; Benoit
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Immune escape driven by selection pressure from virus-specific CD8 T cells has been demonstrated in both chimpanzees and humans infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Although escape mutations have also been characterized in major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-restricted HCV epitopes