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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Halliday, J, Klenerman, P, Barnes, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011