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Recombinant covalently closed circular DNA of hepatitis B virus induces long‐term viral persistence with chronic hepatitis in a mouse model
27 Jul 2017
Abstract excerpt
Covalently closed circular DNA of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is critical for viral persistence in vivo. We recently reported a technique involving recombinant covalently closed circular DNA (rcccDNA) of HBV by site-specific DNA recombination. Using hydrodynamic injection, rcccDNA induces a temporarily prolonged HBV antigenemia in immunocompetent mice, similar to acute resolving HBV infection. In this study, we...
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