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Hepatitis B Virus, Woodchuck

Known as: Viruses, Woodchuck Hepatitis, Woodchuck Hepatitis Viruses, Woodchuck hepatitis B virus 
A species of double-stranded, retro-transcribing viruses in the genus Orthohepadnavirus that is naturally capable of infecting the woodchuck Marmota… 
National Institutes of Health

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Hepadnaviridae
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2004
2004
Persistence of isolated antibodies to woodchuck hepatitis virus core antigen is indicative of occult infection
Antibodies against virus nucleocapsid (anticore) normally accompany hepadnaviral hepatitis but they may also occur in the absence… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Augmented hepatic interferon gamma expression and T‐cell influx characterize acute hepatitis progressing to recovery and residual lifelong virus persistence in experimental adult woodchuck hepatitis…
Woodchucks infected with woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) have profiles of liver disease and age‐dependent rates of progression to… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Effects of age and viral determinants on chronicity as an outcome of experimental woodchuck hepatitis virus infection
Acute hepadnavirus infections either resolve or progress to chronicity. Factors that influence chronicity as an outcome of… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Posttranscriptional Inhibition of Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex Presentation on Hepatocytes and Lymphoid Cells in Chronic Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus Infection
ABSTRACT Woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV), similar to human hepatitis B virus, causes acute liver inflammation that can progress… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Characterization of T-cell response to woodchuck hepatitis virus core protein and protection of woodchucks from infection by immunization with peptides containing a T-cell epitope
Specific activation of T cells appears to be a prerequisite for viral clearance during hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The T… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Lymphoid cells in the spleens of woodchuck hepatitis virus-infected woodchucks are a site of active viral replication
Lymphoid cells were purified from the spleens of 15 woodchucks and examined for the presence of woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Hepadnavirus infection of peripheral blood lymphocytes in vivo: woodchuck and chimpanzee models of viral hepatitis
The peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of five hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected chimpanzees and 17 woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Inhibition of human and woodchuck hepatitis virus DNA polymerase by the triphosphates of acyclovir, 1-(2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl)-5-iodocytosine and E-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2…
1984
1984
Comparison of properties of woodchuck hepatitis virus and human hepatitis B virus endogenous DNA polymerases
The principal properties of the DNA polymerases of woodchuck hepatitis virus and human hepatitis B virus were compared. The… 
1982
1982
Novel forms of woodchuck hepatitis virus DNA isolated from chronically infected woodchuck liver nuclei
We cloned several unique forms of woodchuck hepatitis virus, a DNA virus closely related to hepatitis B virus, from a chronically… 
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