Article
Viral load change and sequential evolution of entire hepatitis C virus genome in Irish recipients of single source-contaminated anti-D immunoglobulin*.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Nov 2005
Itakura J, Nagayama K, Enomoto N, Hamano K, Sakamoto N, Fanning L J, Kenny-Walsh E, Shanahan F, Watanabe M
Abstract excerpt
In hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, serum viral load is important in the prediction of therapeutic efficacy. However, factors that affect the viral load remain poorly understood. To identify viral genomic elements responsible for the viral load, we investigated samples from a population of Irish women who were iatrogenically infected from a single HCV source by administration of HCV 1b-contaminated anti-D...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Drug Contamination
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Genome, Viral
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Immunologic Factors
- Ireland
- Molecular Sequence Data
