Hepatitis C Virus Vaccines
New hepatitis C virus vaccines study results from University of Maryland described
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 7th, 2008
New investigation results, 'Hepatitis C vaccine: supply and demand,' are detailed in a study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases. "Despite difficulties associated with extreme variability and mutability of hepatitis C virus (HCV), several vaccines that prevent initial infection or viral persistence, or that clear viraemia in individuals with chronic HCV infections, are currently in development. At least one vaccine that may prevent chronic persistent infections will soon be available for testing," researchers in the United States report.
"We review the widespread importance of HCV infection and disease, the immune response to HCV and correlates of protection,...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2008-07-07)
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