Article
Hepatitis C virus genomic variability in untreated and immunosuppressed patients.
Virology - 3 Feb 1997
Lawal Z, Petrik J, Wong V S, Alexander G J, Allain J P
Abstract excerpt
To investigate whether immune pressure enhances the genetic diversity of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) hypervariable region 1, nucleotide sequences were compared in multiple sera, collected longitudinally, from three untreated patients and four patients undergoing liver transplantation for HCV-rela...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Viral
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Longitudinal Studies
- Molecular Sequence Data