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Frequent Antiviral Treatment Failures in Patients Infected With Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 4, Subtype 4r.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Feb 2019
Fourati Slim, Rodriguez Christophe, Hézode Christophe, Soulier Alexandre, Ruiz Isaac, Poiteau Lila, Chevaliez Stéphane, Pawlotsky Jean-Michel
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 4 is highly heterogeneous. HCV subtype 4r has been suggested to be less responsive to direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drug treatment than other genotype 4 subtypes. Among 537 DAA-treated patients who experienced a virological failure (VF) in France between 2015 and 2018, 121 (22.5%) were infected with genotype 4 and 27 of them (22.3%) with subtype 4r; subtype 4r was thus...
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