Published in Drug Week, December 16th, 2005
"Mutations in nonstructural (NS) HCV proteins enhance replication in HCV-1a/b replicons. The prevalence of such mutations and their clinical significance in vivo are unknown."
"Parts of HCV NS3 and NS4B-NS5B genes that included 31 in vitro replication-enhancing sites were sequenced for 26 patients with chronic HCV genotype 1 infection," wrote C. Sarrazin and colleagues, University des Saarlandes.
"Five patients showed specific mutations...
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