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Antiviral lectins from red and blue-green algae show potent in vitro and in vivo activity against hepatitis C virus.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Takebe Yutaka, Saucedo Carrie J, Lund Garry, Uenishi Rie, Hase Saiki, Tsuchiura Takayo, Kneteman Norman, Ramessar Koreen, Tyrrell D Lorne J, Shirakura Masayuki, Wakita Takaji, McMahon James B, O'Keefe Barry R
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant public health problem with over 170,000,000 chronic carriers and infection rates increasing worldwide. Chronic HCV infection is one of the leading causes of hepatocellular carcinoma which was estimated to result in ∼10,000 deaths in the United St...
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