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Protease inhibitor resistance mutations in untreated Brazilian patients infected with HCV: novel insights about targeted genotyping approaches.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 2014
de Carvalho Isabel M V G, Alves Rafael, de Souza Polyana A Vasconcelos-Medeiros, da Silva Edvaldo F, Mazo Daniel, Carrilho Flair J, Queiroz Artur T L, Pessoa Mário G
Abstract excerpt
Several new direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs are being developed or are already approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. HCV variants presenting drug-resistant phenotypes were observed both in vitro and during clinical trials. The aim of this study was to characterize amino acid changes at positions previously associated with resistance in the NS3 protease in untreated Brazilian...
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