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Evidence for a relation between the viral load and genotype and hepatitis C virus-specific T cell responses.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jun 2004
Hultgren Catharina, Desombere Isabelle, Leroux-Roels Geert, Quiroga Juan A, Carreno Vincente, Nilsson Bo, Weiland Ola, Sällberg Matti
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: The reason why patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype non-1 infection respond better to antiviral therapy than patients with genotype 1 infection is not known. The aim of this study is to explore the relation between the viral genotype, viral load, and the endogenous T cell response. METHODS: The viral genotype, the viral load, and the endogenous proliferative T cell response to the...
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