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Stem cell-derived hepatocytes: A novel model for hepatitis E virus replication
25 Nov 2015
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Yearly, approximately 20million people become infected with the hepatitis E virus (HEV) resulting in over 3million cases of acute hepatitis. Although HEV-mediated hepatitis is usually self-limiting, severe cases of fulminant hepatitis as well as chronic infections have been reported, resulting annually in an estimated 60,000 deaths. We studied whether pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-derived...
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