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Serum-derived hepatitis C virus 1a infection of human astrocyte cell line SVG.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Mar 2016
Rajalakshmy A R, Malathi J, Madhavan H N
Abstract excerpt
Neuroinvasion of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is evidenced by recent clinical studies. In this study, serum-derived HCV infection of astrocytes was analysed. Astrocytes were infected with HCV-positive serum, and viral replication was assessed on different days postinfection. RT-PCR was positive for HCV-negative strand on 5th and 7th day postinfection in the HCV-positive serum-infected astrocytes. Real-time RNA count...
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