BRIDGING THE GAP: THE ROLE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5A IN THE INHIBITION OF INTRACELLULAR ANTIVIRAL PATHWAYS

It is estimated that approximately over two hundred million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), far more than HIV/AIDS, and that number grows by three to four million each year. It is a leading cause of cirrhosis, replacement of the liver tissue by fibrosis, or scar tissue, a...

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Main Author: Gleaton, Samuel James
Other Authors: Giridhar R Akkaraju
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Texas Christian University 2011
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Online Access:http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-05032011-113713/