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Experimental demonstration that molecular mimicry could cause disease. New Zealand rabbits inoculated with 10 amino acid peptide from hepatitis B virus polymerase generated specific T (proliferation) and B (antibody) lymphocyte responses to myelin basic proteins. Rabbits developed histopathologic evidence of lesion of allergic encephalomyelitis (see ref 34 for details).
