Endogenous hepatitis C virus homolog fragments in European rabbit and hare genomes replicate in cell culture.

Endogenous retroviruses, non-retroviral RNA viruses and DNA viruses have been found in the mammalian genomes. The origin of Hepatitis C virus (HCV), the major cause of chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma in humans, remains unclear since its discovery. Here we show that f...

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Main Authors: Eliane Silva, Sara Marques, Hugo Osório, Júlio Carvalheira, Gertrude Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3501476?pdf=render