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Identification of hepatitis C virus genotype 2a replicon variants with reduced susceptibility to ribavirin.
Antiviral research - 1 Mar 2010
Hmwe Su Su, Aizaki Hideki, Date Tomoko, Murakami Kyoko, Ishii Koji, Miyamura Tatsuo, Koike Kazuhiko, Wakita Takaji, Suzuki Tetsuro
Abstract excerpt
Ribavirin (RBV), a nucleoside analogue, is used in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in combination with interferons. However, potential mechanisms of RBV resistance during HCV replication remain poorly understood. Serial passage of cells harboring HCV genotype 2a replicon in the...
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