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Quantitation of substitutions at amino acid 70 in hepatitis C virus genotype 1b.
Virology journal - 15 Aug 2014
Hu Zhongjie, Liu Ying, Qiu Lixia, Fan Zuopeng, Nie Wei, Liang Shan, Jin Ronghua
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Substitutions of amino acid (aa) 70 in the core region of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b (HCV 1b) are a predictor of the non-virological response to pegylated interferon plus ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV) therapy. The aim of our study was to develop quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays to quantify wild-type (70 W) and mutant (70 M) strains of HCV 1b. METHODS:...
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