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Management of hepatitis C virus infection: the basics.
Topics in antiviral medicine - 1 Dec 2012
Naggie Susanna
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects some 170 million people worldwide, including 3 to 4 million in the United States who are largely unaware of their infection status. HCV has 6 genotypes; genotype 1 is the most common in the United States and genotypes 1 and 4 are less responsive to interferon alfa-based therapy than the other genotypes. Treatment with available direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs...
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