Detection of anti-protease inhibitors resistance mutations in HCV strains infecting treatment-naïve chronic patients from Romania

Autor: Dinu Sorin, Țârdei Grațiela, Ceaușu Emanoil, Florescu Simin Aysel, Micu Laurențiu, Ecobici Alina Monica, Mihăilă Mariana, Oprișan Gabriela
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol 26, Iss 4, Pp 443-449 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2284-5623
DOI: 10.2478/rrlm-2018-0029
Popis: Background: Severe complications of chronic hepatitis C – i.e. cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma – are important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite the overwhelming rates of sustained virologic response achieved after therapy with different combinations of direct-acting antiviral drugs (DAAs), treatment failure is still recorded, and is due to the mutations harboured by hepatitis C virus (HCV) resistance associated variants (RAVs) selected during therapy. Baseline RAVs testing was found significant for guiding treatment in the cases of treatment failure and, sometimes, in naïve patients.
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