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Pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 4 infection.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2005
Legrand-Abravanel F, Nicot F, Boulestin A, Sandres-Sauné K, Vinel J P, Alric L, Izopet Jacques
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is classified into six genotypes. Genotype 4 is now spreading in Europe, especially among drug users, who are often infected with both HCV and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Previous studies have shown that HCV-4 responds poorly to interferon. Pegylated interferon (peg-IFN) associated with ribavirin is now the most effective treatment for eradicating the virus. We have now studied...
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