Article
[Production of infectious hepatitis C virus in cell culture].
Uirusu - 1 Dec 2005
Kato Takanobu, Wakita Takaji
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major public health problem, infecting an estimated 170 million people worldwide. Current therapy for HCV-related chronic hepatitis is based on the use of interferon. However, virus clearance rates are insufficient. Investigations to develop the anti-viral therapy or to understand the life cycle of this virus have been hampered by the lack of viral culture systems. We isolated the...
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