| Literature DB >> 12208987 |
Tomasz Laskus1, Marek Radkowski, Agnieszka Bednarska, Jeffrey Wilkinson, Debra Adair, Marek Nowicki, Georgia B Nikolopoulou, Hugo Vargas, Jorge Rakela.
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) sequences were detected in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in 8 of 13 HCV-positive patients. In four patients harboring different virus strains in serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), CSF-derived virus was similar to that found in PBMC, which suggests that PBMC could carry HCV into the brain.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12208987 PMCID: PMC136534 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.19.10064-10068.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103