Article
Positive and negative strand of hepatitis C virus RNA sequences in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with chronic hepatitis C: no correlation with viral genotypes 1b, 2a, and 2b.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 1997
Kao J H, Chen P J, Lai M Y, Wang T H, Chen D S
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has many genotypes which are closely associated with the severity of chronic hepatitis and the response to antiviral therapy. Although HCV is essentially hepatotropic, several lines of evidence suggest that this virus can infect peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Chronic Disease
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Male
- Middle Aged
- RNA, Viral