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Highly efficient full-length hepatitis C virus genotype 1 (strain TN) infectious culture system.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Nov 2012
Li Yi-Ping, Ramirez Santseharay, Jensen Sanne B, Purcell Robert H, Gottwein Judith M, Bukh Jens
Abstract excerpt
Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important cause of end stage liver disease worldwide. In the United States, most HCV-related disease is associated with genotype 1 infection, which remains difficult to treat. Drug and vaccine development was hampered by inability to culture patient isolates representing HCV genotypes 1-7 and subtypes; only a recombinant 2a genome (strain JFH1) spontaneously...
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