Sequential bottlenecks drive viral evolution in early acute hepatitis C virus infection.
Hepatitis C is a pandemic human RNA virus, which commonly causes chronic infection and liver disease. The characterization of viral populations that successfully initiate infection, and also those that drive progression to chronicity is instrumental for understanding pathogenesis and vaccine design....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-09-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21912520/?tool=EBI |