Liver transaminases are elevated. Results of hepatitis B DNA and hepatitis C RNA studies are pending. What are your recommendations regarding therapy? Experts And Viewpoints, December 14 ...
Finally, although HCV is an RNA virus that does not produce DNA replication intermediates that can integrate into the host genome, it still manages to persist in most cases (usually for life in ...
Twelve out of twelve patients achieved undetectable levels of HCV RNA after 28 days of VX-950 and PEG–IFN and ribavirin treatment. Building on this success, the current Phase II trials are ...
Cases where anti-HCV is positive but no HCV viral RNA is detected do not have an active HCV infection and do not need treatment. Even though the viral load test is important for starting treatment ...
Repeated sequencing of the virus RNA showed that the virus incorporated various parts of the host's messenger RNA into its genome. This resulted in a replication advantage, which may have ...