In vitro detection of hepatitis C virus in platelets from uninfected individuals exposed to the virus

Introduction Despite hepatocytes being the target cells of hepatitis C virus (HCV), viral ribonucleic acid RNA has been detected in other cells, including platelets, which have been described as carriers of the virus in the circulation of infected patients. Platelets do not express cluster different...

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Main Authors: Juliana Lara Padovani, Silvia Maria Corvino, Jan Felix Drexler, Giovanni Faria Silva, Maria Inês de Moura Campos Pardini, Rejane Maria Tommasini Grotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-02-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000200154