Article
Hepatitis C virus quasispecies in the natural course of HCV-related disease in patients with haemophilia.
Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia - 1 Jan 2004
Tagariello G, Gerotto M, Pontisso P, Belvini D, Salviato R, Radossi P, Alberti A
Abstract excerpt
Patients with haemophilia show high prevalence of hepatitis C infection but low rate of progressive liver disease when they are not co-infected with HIV. The balance between host immune system and hepatitis C virus (HCV) variability seems to play a major role in the evolution of the HCV-related disease. To address this point we have studied, in a group of selected patients with haemophilia, the composition and in...
Topics
- Adult
- Genotype
- Hemophilia A
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Heteroduplex Analysis
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Viral
