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Exploring the bidirectional interactions between human cytomegalovirus and hepatitis C virus replication after liver transplantation.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 Jan 2007
Nebbia Gaia, Mattes Frank M, Cholongitas Evangelos, Garcia-Diaz Ana, Samonakis Dimitrios N, Burroughs Andrew K, Emery Vincent C
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Recurrence of Hepatitis C (HCV) post-liver transplantation (LT) is universal and its course is more aggressive than in immunocompetent individuals. Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a common post-LT infection and has immunomodulatory effects that could adversely affect the outcome of HCV. To date, the effect of HCV replication on the dynamics of CMV have not been investigated. From 2000 to 2004, a cohort...
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