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Chronic Infection with Hepatitis C Virus Subtype 1g in a Japanese Patient Successfully Treated with Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 15 May 2022
Hatanaka Takeshi, Kakizaki Satoru, Kaburagi Takuya, Saito Naoto, Nakano Sachi, Hazama Yoichi, Yoshida Sachiko, Hachisu Yoko, Tanaka Yoshiki, Yoshinaga Teruo, Kashiwabara Kenji, Naganuma Atsushi, Yamazaki Yuichi, Uraoka Toshio, Nagashima Shigeo, Takahashi Masaharu, Nishizawa Tsutomu, Murata Kazumoto, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
A 66-year-old man, who had undergone plasma exchange 30 years previously in Egypt for the treatment of falciparum malaria, was referred to our hospital for treatment of chronic hepatitis C (HCV). An analysis of the 655-nucleotide 5'-untranslated region-core region sequence revealed infection with HCV subtype 1g. A phylogenetic analysis of the full-length HCV genome confirmed that the patient's HCV was subtype 1g,...
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