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Rapid emergence of protease inhibitor resistance in hepatitis C virus.
Science translational medicine - 5 May 2010
Rong Libin, Dahari Harel, Ribeiro Ruy M, Perelson Alan S
Abstract excerpt
About 170 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The current standard therapy leads to sustained viral elimination in only approximately 50% of the treated patients. Telaprevir, an HCV protease inhibitor, has substantial antiviral activity in patients with chronic HCV infection. However, in clinical trials, drug-resistant variants emerge at frequencies of 5 to 20% of the total virus...
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