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Understanding Hepatitis C Virus Drug Resistance: Clinical Implications for Current and Future Regimens
David L Wyles1, Anne F Luetkemeyer2
1Denver Health Medical Center and The University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA.
Topics in Antiviral Medicine
|August 19, 2017
Abstract:
Viral resistance to direct-acting antiviral drugs may impact their effectiveness during treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Most data on HCV drug resistance concern genotypes 1 and 3. The clinical impact of resistance to HCV nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) inhibitors and a practical approach to indications and methods for resistance testing are discussed.