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Diversity of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b in Buenos Aires, Argentina: description of a new cluster associated with response to treatment.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2008
Di Lello Federico, Garcia Gabriel, Kott Verónica, Sookoian Silvia, Campos Rodolfo
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1b is the most prevalent in Argentina. As observed in most HCV-genotype 1b described previously worldwide, the population analyzed in this work is growing at exponential rate. Ten out of 22 samples tested comprise a well-defined cluster. This new cluster appears to be highly susceptible to therapy with non-pegylated interferon plus ribavirin (80% rate of sustained response). The...
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