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SUBMITTER: Burton DR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3600854 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20120701 6091
Certain human pathogens avoid elimination by our immune system by rapidly mutating the surface protein sites targeted by antibody responses, and consequently they tend to be problematic for vaccine development. The behavior described is prominent for a subset of viruses--the highly antigenically diverse viruses--which include HIV, influenza, and hepatitis C viruses. However, these viruses do harbor highly conserved exposed sites, usually associated with function, which can be targeted by broadly ...[more]