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A Protocol for Analyzing Hepatitis C Virus Replication
Published on: June 26, 2014
A particular hepatitis C virus protease NS3 gene pattern in a patient not responding to interferon-ribavirin therapy
S Vallet1, J B Nousbaum, S Gouriou
1Département de Microbiologie (E.A. Biodiversity and Microbial Ecology no. 3882), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Morvan, 2 avenue Foch, 29609 Brest Cedex, France. sophie.vallet@chu-brest.fr
Abstract
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