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[Telaprevir resistance].
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 1 Jul 2013
Poveda Eva, García Federico
Abstract excerpt
Telaprevir is an extremely potent antiviral drug. However, as with other direct-acting antiviral agents against the hepatitis C virus (HCV), this potency can be compromised by the rapid emergence of resistance mutations. This phenomenon is favored by the high rate of HCV replication, the lack of corrective activity to HCV polymerase errors, a low genetic barrier to resistance, and poor treatment adherence. Like...
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