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Prevalence of HCV NS3 pre-treatment resistance associated amino acid variants within a Scottish cohort.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Apr 2015
Shepherd Samantha J, Abdelrahman Tamer, MacLean Alasdair R, Thomson Emma C, Aitken Celia, Gunson Rory N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Protease inhibitors (PI) including boceprevir, telaprevir and simeprevir have revolutionised HCV genotype 1 treatment since their introduction. A number of pre-treatment resistance associated amino acid variants (RAVs) and polymorphisms have been associated with reduced response to treatment. OBJECTIVES: We measured the prevalence of RAVs/polymorphisms in a PI treatment-naïve HCV genotype 1 Scottish...
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