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Several lines of evidence suggest that hepatitis C virus (HCV) can infect peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in persistently infected individuals on the basis of specific detection of negative-strand hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in PBMCs by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and in situ hybridization [1–5]. However, direct information on the pathogenic implication of HCV infection of PBMCs is limited.
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Hino, K., Okuda, M., Korenaga, M., Yamaguchi, Y., Katoh, Y., Okita, K. (1999). Different Quasispecies of Hepatitis C Virus in Human Serum, Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells, and Liver. In: Okita, K. (eds) HCV and Related Liver Diseases. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68488-6_2
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