Hepatitis C virus
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HCV, hepatitis nonA nonB virus
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- The hepatitis C virus is one of five known hepatitis viruses: A, B, C, D, E.
- Hepatitis C virus is related to progressive liver disease in human immunodeficiency virus-positive hemophiliacs and should be treated as an opportunistic infection.
- NS5B of the hepatitis C virus is an essential RNA-dependent RNA polymerase that copies the virus's RNA genome.
- From the Cover BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES / MEDICAL SCIENCES Cell culture-grown hepatitis C virus is infectious in vivo and can be recultured in vitro Brett D.
- How is hepatitis C transmitted? The hepatitis C virus is spread primarily by exposure to blood.
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