| Literature DB >> 25878104 |
Elissa J Schwartz1, Seema Nanda2, Robert H Mealey3.
Abstract
Lentivirus escape from neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) is not well understood. In this work, we quantified antibody escape of a lentivirus, using antibody escape data from horses infected with equine infectious anemia virus. We calculated antibody blocking rates of wild-type virus, fitness costs of mutant virus, and growth rates of both viruses. These quantitative kinetic estimates of antibody escape are important for understanding lentiviral control by antibody neutralization and in developing NAb-eliciting vaccine strategies.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25878104 PMCID: PMC4468492 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00137-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103