New therapies for chronic hepatitis C virus infection
β Scribed by Anouk Dev; Keyur Patel; John G. McHutchison
- Book ID
- 107538063
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 542 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-8037
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## Abstract Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is classified into six genotypes. Genotype 4 is now spreading in Europe, especially among drug users, who are often infected with both HCV and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Previous studies have shown that HCVβ4 responds poorly to interferon. Pegylated