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Editorial
. 2015;7(6):591-4.
doi: 10.2217/imt.15.33. Epub 2015 Jun 22.

Human neutralizing antibodies against MERS coronavirus: implications for future immunotherapy

Xian-Chun Tang  1 , Wayne A Marasco  1
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Editorial

Human neutralizing antibodies against MERS coronavirus: implications for future immunotherapy

Xian-Chun Tang et al. Immunotherapy. 2015.
No abstract available

Keywords: IGHV1–69; MERS-CoV; animal model; biodefense; emerging pathogen; human monoclonal antibodies; humoral immunity; passive immunotherapy; spike protein; zoonosis.

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