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A Novel Approach To Display Structural Proteins of Hepatitis C Virus Quasispecies in Patients Reveals a Key Role of E2 HVR1 in Viral Evolution.
Journal of virology - 17 Aug 2020
Tong Yimin, Li Qingchao, Li Rui, Xu Yongfen, Pan Yu, Niu Junqi, Zhong Jin
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains a major worldwide health problem despite development of highly effective direct-acting antivirals. HCV rapidly evolves upon acute infection and generates multiple viral variants (quasispecies), leading to immune evasion and persistent viral infection. Identification of epitopes of broadly neutralizing anti-HCV antibodies (nAbs) is critical to guide HCV vaccine...
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