Association of amino acid substitution pattern in core protein of hepatitis C virus genotype 2a high viral load and virological response to interferon-ribavirin combination therapy

Intervirology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 301-309

  Akuta, Norio ^a   Suzuki, Fumitaka ^a   Hirakawa, Miharu ^a   Kawamura, Yusuke ^a   Yatsuji, Hiromi ^a   Sezaki, Hitomi ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hosaka, Tetsuya ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Kobayashi, Mariko ^a   Saitoh, Satoshi ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core region; Genotype 2a; Hepatitis C virus; Interferon; Rapid response; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; CORE PROTEIN; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 2A; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON SUSTAINED VIROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINED VIROLOGICAL RESPONSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBAVIRIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 2;

EID: 69549137892     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235909     Document Type: Article

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