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SUBMITTER: Huang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6895023 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Jiachen J Diaz Darren D Mousa Jarrod J JJ
Frontiers in immunology 20191129
The pneumoviruses respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) are two widespread human pathogens that can cause severe disease in the young, the elderly, and the immunocompromised. Despite the discovery of RSV over 60 years ago, and hMPV nearly 20 years ago, there are no approved vaccines for either virus. Antibody-mediated immunity is critical for protection from RSV and hMPV, and, until recently, knowledge of the antibody epitopes on the surface glycoproteins of RSV and ...[more]