Vaccination for hepatitis C virus: closing in on an evasive target.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects more than 170 million people globally and is a leading cause of liver cirrhosis, transplantation and hepatocellular carcinoma. Current gold-standard therapy often fails, has significant side effects in many cases and is expensive. No vaccine is currently available. Th...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2011
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