The VP7 Outer Capsid Protein of Rotavirus Induces Polyclonal B-Cell Activation

Sarah E. Blutt, Sue E. Crawford, Kelly L. Warfield, Dorothy E. Lewis, Mary K. Estes, Margaret E. Conner

The early response to a homologous rotavirus infection in mice includes a T-cell-independent increase in the number of activated B lymphocytes in the Peyer's...