CD8+ T cell responses in acute hepatitis C virus infection
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects approximately 170 million people worldwide and is a major cause of life-threatening liver diseases such as liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Acute HCV infection often progresses to chronic persistent infection, although some patients recover spontaneously....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00266/full |