Article
Identification of Variants of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Entry Factors in Patients Highly Exposed to HCV but Remaining Uninfected: An ANRS Case-Control Study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Fouquet Baptiste, Ghosn Jade, Quertainmont Yann, Salmon Dominique, Rioux Christophe, Duvivier Claudine, Delfraissy Jean-François, Misrahi Micheline
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes persistent infection in 75% of cases and is a major public health problem worldwide. More than 92% of intravenous drug users (IDU) infected by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are seropositive for HCV, and it is conceivable that some HIV-1-infected IDU who remain uninfected by HCV may be genetically resistant.Here we conducted a case-control study to identify mutations in...
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