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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      27 August 2009
      28 March 2002
      ISBN:
      9780511545320
      9780521799591
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511545320
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      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.582kg, 270 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Life Sciences, Microbiology and Immunology, Infectious Disease, Medicine
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    Hepatitis C infects 170 million people worldwide, and has been labelled the 'silent epidemic' as a result of its concealed attack on the liver. This multidisciplinary overview covers basic concepts related to the discovery of the virus, development of serological and nucleic acid tests to detect infection, the structure of the virus genome, generation of virus gene products, and proposed replication scheme. It then goes on to introduce the epidemiology, transmission, pathogenesis of infection, the development of hepatocellular carcinoma associated with chronic virus infection, and current strategies for treatment. The book then discusses advances in cell culture systems, animal models of infection, and emerging treatments and vaccine development. Through its coverage of basic science, clinical consequences, and methods of research, this integrated and accessible account will be of immense value to biomedical scientists and clinicians alike, and a useful introduction for all those studying the virus and its effects.

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    'The diligent reader of this book will come away with a thorough grounding in the virology and immunopathology of hepatitis C, know what the major sources of further information are, and understand why this infection is at once enigmatic, insidiously progressive, difficult to treat and hard to immunize against. Thoroughly recommended!

    Source: Epidemiology and Infection

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    • 15 - New systems to understand hepatitis C biology
      pp 129-130
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