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Sustained viral load reduction in treatment-naive HCV genotype 1 infected patients after therapeutic peptide vaccination.
Vaccine - 19 Apr 2012
Klade Christoph S, Schuller Elisabeth, Boehm Thomas, von Gabain Alexander, Manns Michael P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Novel antivirals augment treatment efficacy in chronic HCV infection, to overcome limitations on safety profile alternative approaches are warranted. The effect of a therapeutic peptide vaccine on HCV viral load was investigated in treatment-naïve genotype 1 HCV patients. METHODS: Fifty patients received 8 intradermal IC41 vaccinations biweekly with topical application of the TLR7 agonist imiquimod...
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