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Production of infectious genotype 1a hepatitis C virus (Hutchinson strain) in cultured human hepatoma cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 14 Feb 2006
Yi MinKyung, Villanueva Rodrigo A, Thomas David L, Wakita Takaji, Lemon Stanley M
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Infections with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are marked by frequent viral persistence, chronic liver disease, and extraordinary viral genetic diversity. Although much has been learned about HCV since its discovery, progress has been slowed by a lack of permissive cell culture systems supporting its replication. Productive infections have been achieved recently with genotype 2a virus, but cirrhosis and liver cancer are...
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