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Is genotype 3 of the hepatitis C virus the new villain?
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jun 2014
Goossens Nicolas, Negro Francesco
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UNLABELLED: Genotype 3 of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been long considered an easy-to-treat infection, with higher cure rates (∼70%) than other viral genotypes with the standard combination of pegylated interferon-α and ribavirin. However, the relative insensitivity of this genotype to most protease inhibitors and the recent unexpected data on decreased effectiveness of sofosbuvir have raised questions on how...
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