Article
Hepatitis C virus evasion of adaptive immune responses: a model for viral persistence.
Immunologic research - 1 Jul 2010
Burke Kelly P, Cox Andrea L
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects over 170 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Approximately 20% [corrected] of those acutely infected clear the infection, whereas the remaining 80% [corrected] progress to chronic infection. Hepatitis C thus provides a model in which successful and unsuccessful responses can be compared to better understand the human response...
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