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Occult hepatitis C virus infection: what does it mean?

Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Apr 2010

Pham Tram N Q, Coffin Carla S, Michalak Tomasz I

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Occult hepatitis C virus infection (OCI) is a recently identified entity of which the existence became evident when nucleic acid amplification assays of enhanced sensitivity were introduced for the detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome and its replication. This form of HCV infection has been found to persist in the presence of antibodies against HCV and normal levels of liver enzymes for years after...

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PMID: 20070513
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02193.x

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