Isolation and characterization of highly replicable hepatitis C virus genotype 1a strain HCV-RMT.

Multiple genotype 1a clones have been reported, including the very first hepatitis C virus (HCV) clone called H77. The replication ability of some of these clones has been confirmed in vitro and in vivo, although this ability is somehow compromised. We now report a newly isolated genotype 1a clone,...

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Main Authors: Masaaki Arai, Yuko Tokunaga, Asako Takagi, Yoshimi Tobita, Yuichi Hirata, Yuji Ishida, Chise Tateno, Michinori Kohara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3865021?pdf=render