Article
[Adaptive cell immune response against the hepatitis C virus infection].
Medicina clinica - 6 Oct 2007
Rallón Norma Ibón, Soriano Vicente, Benito José Miguel
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects around 175 million people worldwide and is one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease. Less than one third of patients infected with HCV are able to spontaneously clear the virus during acute infection, while most patients evolve to chronic infection. Control of viral replication has been associated to the cellular component of the host immune response. It is not fully...
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