A role for B cells to transmit hepatitis C virus infection

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is highly variable and transmits through infected blood to establish a chronic liver infection in the majority of patients. Our knowledge on the infectivity of clinical HCV strains is hampered by the lack of in vitro cell culture systems that support efficient viral replicati...

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Main Authors: Desombere, I, Van Houtte, F, Farhoudi, A, Verhoye, L, Buysschaert, C, Gijbels, Y, Couvent, S, Swinnen, W, Van Vlierberghe, H, Elewaut, A, Magri, A, Stamataki, Z, Meuleman, P, McKeating, JA, Leroux-Roels, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media 2021