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Genetic Diversity and Selective Pressure in Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes 1-6: Significance for Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment and Drug Resistance.
Viruses - 16 Sept 2015
Cuypers Lize, Li Guangdi, Libin Pieter, Piampongsant Supinya, Vandamme Anne-Mieke, Theys Kristof
Abstract excerpt
Treatment with pan-genotypic direct-acting antivirals, targeting different viral proteins, is the best option for clearing hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in chronically infected patients. However, the diversity of the HCV genome is a major obstacle for the development of antiviral drugs, vaccines, and genotyping assays. In this large-scale analysis, genome-wide diversity and selective pressure was mapped,...
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