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[Determination of the naturally occurring Q80K mutation in the HCV NS3 protease gene].
Klinicka mikrobiologie a infekcni lekarstvi - 1 Dec 2015
Kutová Radka, Plíšková Lenka, Štěpánová Vlasta, Plíšek Stanislav, Machač Jan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The aim was to introduce a diagnostic method for detecting variants of hepatitis C virus (HCV) with protease NS3 resistance primarily to simeprevir (Q80K mutation in HCV genotype 1a) and its subsequent use in routine practice. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The detection of HCV resistance-associated variants in the NS3 protease gene by sequence analysis was introduced in the molecular biology laboratory of...
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