Peripheral B Cells as Reservoirs for Persistent HCV Infection
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Peripheral B Cells as Reservoirs for Persistent HCV Infection
positive-stranded RNA virus of approximately 9.6 kb that belongs to the Flaviviridae family (Suzuki et al., 2007). HCV infection is a global health problem affecting nearly 200 million people (Lauer and Walker, 2001). The infection causes prolonged and persistent disease in over half of viral carriers that often leads to chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (Afdhal, 2004)....
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Microbiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00177