More than 20 years after the discovery of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), it is now well
established that HCV is of global importance affecting all countries, leading to a major global …

The discovery of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 1989 permitted basic research to unravel critical
components of a complex life cycle for this important human pathogen. HCV is a highly …

Abstract Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) exhibits great genetic diversity and is classified
into 7 genotypes (GTs), with varied geographic prevalence. Until the recent development of …

The 2005 consensus proposal for the classification of hepatitis C virus (HCV) presented an
agreed and uniform nomenclature for HCV variants and the criteria for their assignment into …

International standardization and coordination of the nomenclature of variants of hepatitis C
virus (HCV) is increasingly needed as more is discovered about the scale of HCV‐related …

In the 15 years since the discovery of hepatitis C virus (HCV), much has been learned about
its role as a major causative agent of human liver disease and its ability to persist in the face …

The mechanisms by which hepatitis C virus (HCV) induces chronic infection in the vast
majority of infected individuals are unknown. Sequences within the HCV E1 and E2 …

'Department of Medical Microbiology, Ilniversity of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh
EH8 9AG, UK'Clinica Medica 2. lstituto di Medicina Clinica, Universita di Padova, 35123 …

An estimated 1% of the global human population is infected by hepatitis C viruses (HCVs),
and there are no broadly effective treatments for the debilitating progression of chronic …

The origin of hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be conceptualised at several levels. Firstly, origins
might refer to its dramatic spread throughout the Western world and developing countries …