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Transcripts of a chimeric cDNA clone of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b are infectious in vivo.
Virology - 25 Apr 1998
Yanagi M, St Claire M, Shapiro M, Emerson S U, Purcell R H, Bukh J
Abstract excerpt
We constructed a chimeric cDNA clone of hepatitis C virus (HCV) that is infectious. The chimeric genome encodes the polyprotein of a genotype 1b strain (HC-J4) of HCV and replicates via 5' and 3' untranslated regions of a genotype 1a strain. The infectivity of three full-length cDNA clones was tested by direct injection of RNA transcripts into the liver of a chimpanzee. The chimpanzee became infected with HCV and...
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