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Antibody-free virion titer greatly differs between hepatitis C virus genotypes.
Journal of medical virology - 1 May 2000
Kimura Y, Hayashida K, Ishibashi H, Niho Y, Yanagi Y
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) virions have been shown to be bound to antibodies in patients with chronic HCV infection. The sera from patients infected with genotype 1b HCV contained more antibody-free virions than those from patients with genotype 2a/2b HCV. When compared at the same levels of serum HCV RNA, free virion titers of genotype 2a/2b-infected patients were much lower than those of genotype 1b-infected...
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