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Mode of HCV infection examined by polymorphism of hypervariable region-1 in cases of acute hepatitis C after accidental exposure to blood-borne pathogens.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2005
Takeda Tadashi, Tatsumi Nobuyuki, Nakayama Yuji, Yasuda Takahiro, Nishiguchi Shuhei, Seki Shuichi
Abstract excerpt
Acute hepatitis C is known to respond better to interferon therapy than chronic hepatitis C. The reason for this difference remains unclear. The present study was undertaken to examine HCV quasispecies in blood from patients with acute hepatitis C caused by accidental exposure to blood-borne pathogens and in blood from the source patients. Three patients who developed hepatitis C (recipient patients; R-Pt.) and...
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