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Dynamics of hepatitis C virus NS5A quasispecies during interferon and ribavirin therapy in responder and non-responder patients with genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Apr 2005
Puig-Basagoiti Francesc, Forns Xavier, Furčić Ivana, Ampurdanés Sergi, Giménez-Barcons Mireia, Franco Sandra, Sánchez-Tapias José M, Saiz Juan-Carlos
Abstract excerpt
The quasispecies nature of hepatitis C virus (HCV) may have important implications concerning resistance to antiviral agents. To determine whether HCV NS5A quasispecies composition and dynamics are related to responsiveness to combined interferon (IFN) and ribavirin therapy, extensive sequence analyses of cloned RT-PCR amplification products of HCV-1b NS5A quasispecies of sequential isolates from 15 treated (nine...
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