Human cross-protective antibodies to occluded epitopes in influenza hemagglutinin antigen

• Published in: Uirusu Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 161 - 168
• Main Authors: ADACHI, Yu, TONOUCHI, Keisuke, TAKAHASHI, Yoshimasa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: The Japanese Society for Virology 2019

Protective antibody provides the most effective defense against influenza virus, and the aim of vaccination is to induce such antibodies in our body. Recently, novel classes of antibodies with ability to provide cross-group protection against antigenically divergent viruses were identified from huma...